# aspen
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæspən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English aspen, corresponding to asp +‎ -en.

#### Adjective

aspen (comparative more aspen, superlative most aspen)
* Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
* (obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
** a. 1631 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “The Apparition”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC:And then poore Aspen wretch, neglected thou / Bath'd in a cold quicksilver sweat wilt lye / A veryer ghost than I […].
* (obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English aspen, from Old English æspen, Old English æspan (combining form), from Old English æspe (“aspen”). More at asp.

#### Noun

aspen (plural aspens)
* A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
    Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:ſtaggering like a quiuering Aſpen leafe, Fearing the force of Boreas boiſtrous blaſts.
** 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves […] .
* (uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.
    She claimed that aspen was the only "proper" material from which to make a wicker basket.

##### Derived terms

* American aspen (Populus tremuloides)
* aspenlike
* aspen leaf blotch miner moth
* bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)
* Canadian aspen (Populus grandidentata)
* Chinese aspen (Populus adenopoda)
* Eurasian aspen, European aspen (Populus tremula)
* Japanese aspen (Populus sieboldii)
* Korean aspen (Populus davidiana)
* large-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata)
* quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
* trembling aspen (Populus tremula, Populus tremuloides)
* white aspen (Populus alba)

##### Translations
### References

* “aspen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* aspen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* aspen on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* aspen on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* NAPEs, Panes, Snape, Spean, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* aspyn, espyn

### Etymology

From aspe (from Old English æspe) + -en.

### Adjective

aspen
* Made of or pertaining to asp trees.

#### Descendants

* English: aspen

### References

* “aspe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* aspa

### Noun

aspen m or f
* definite masculine singular of asp

## Spanish
### Verb

aspen
* inflection of aspar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

aspen
* definite singular of asp

### Anagrams

* espan, senap