hornbeam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Late Middle English hornbeme, hernbem, hernebem (“European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)”), from horn (“antler or horn of an animal; etc.”) + bem (“tree; piece of metal, wood, etc.”) (referring to a tree with wood as hard as horn):
* Horn is from Old English horn (“horn”), from Proto-West Germanic *horn (“horn”), from Proto-Germanic *hurną (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn; head, top”).
* Bem is from Old English bēam (“tree; piece of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree; piece of wood”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree; piece of wood”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂ǵʰ-mo-s (“branch”) or *bʰuH- (“to appear; to be; to become; to grow”).
By surface analysis, horn + beam (“only in compounds: tree”).
Inflected forms:
form: hornbeams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The Horn-beam, in Latine the Carpinus, is planted of Sets; though it may likevviſe be raiſed from the Seeds, […] Thus it vvill advance to a conſiderable Tree.
gloss: A tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Betulus, or the Hornebeame tree grovveth great, & very like vnto the Elme, or vvich Hazell tree, hauing a great body: the vvood or timber vvherof […] in time it vvaxeth ſo hard, that the toughnes and hardnes of it, may be rather compared vnto horne then vnto vvood, and therfore it vvas called Hornebeame, or Hardbeame: […]
gloss: The wood of these trees or one species of them; (countable) a sample of such wood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: American hophornbeam
American hop hornbeam
eastern hop hornbeam
European hophornbeam
European hop hornbeam
hophornbeam
hop hornbeam
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: хьаца
roman: xʲaca
lang: Albanian
word: shkozë
lang: Armenian
word: բոխի
roman: boxi
lang: Aromanian
word: carpin
lang: Aromanian
word: scodã
lang: Aromanian
word: gavru
lang: Aromanian
word: cãrãnti
lang: Avar
word: лъор
roman: lˢor
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vələs
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ulas
lang: Bats
word: კარცხილ
roman: ḳarcxil
lang: Belarusian
word: граб
roman: hrab
lang: Bezhta
word: гьой
roman: hoj
lang: Bulgarian
word: габър
roman: gabǎr
lang: Catalan
word: carpí
lang: Chechen
word: пха
roman: pxa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鵝耳櫪 /鹅耳枥
roman: é'ěrlì
lang: Czech
word: habr
lang: Dutch
word: haagbeuk
lang: Esperanto
word: karpeno
lang: Finnish
word: valkopyökki
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: charpena
lang: French
word: charme
lang: Friulian
word: çamar
lang: Galician
word: carpe
lang: Georgian
word: რცხილა
roman: rcxila
lang: German
word: Hainbuche
lang: German
word: Weißbuche
lang: Greek
word: γάβρος
roman: gávros
lang: Greek
word: καρπίνος
roman: karpínos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γάβρος
roman: gábros
lang: Hungarian
word: gyertyán
lang: Ido
word: karpino
lang: Ingush
word: пхьан
roman: pḥʳan
lang: Irish
word: crann sleamhain
lang: Istriot
word: carpano
lang: Italian
word: carpino
lang: Japanese
word: 四手
lang: Japanese
word: 垂
roman: shide
lang: Judeo-Tat
word: велес
roman: veles
lang: Kaitag
word: ши́лла
roman: šílla
lang: Korean
word: 서어나무
roman: seo'eonamu
lang: Latin
word: carpinus
lang: Latvian
word: skābardis
lang: Laz
word: ცხემური
roman: ʒxemuri
lang: Lezgi
word: гийин
roman: gijin
lang: Lithuanian
word: skroblas
lang: Low German
word: Haböök
lang: Low German
word: Wittböök
lang: Macedonian
word: габер
roman: gaber
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: carpin
lang: Mingrelian
word: ცხიმური
roman: cximuri
lang: Norman
word: charmille
lang: Occitan
word: calpre
lang: Ossetian
word: фатхъӕд
roman: fatqæd
lang: Persian
word: ممرز
roman: mamraz
lang: Persian
word: کرزل
roman: korzel
lang: Polish
word: grab
lang: Portuguese
word: carpino
lang: Romanian
word: carpen
lang: Russian
word: граб
roman: grab
lang: Sicilian
word: càrpinu
lang: Slovak
word: hrab
lang: Slovene
word: beli gaber
lang: Slovene
word: navadni gaber
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: grab
lang: Spanish
word: carpe
lang: Svan
word: ცხუმ
roman: cxum
lang: Swedish
word: avenbok
lang: Swedish
word: annbok
lang: Tabasaran
word: мухь
roman: mux
lang: Turkish
word: gürgen
lang: Ukrainian
word: граб
roman: hrab
lang: Venetan
word: càrpano
lang: Venetan
word: càrpane
lang: Venetan
word: càrpen
lang: Walloon
word: tchårnale
lang: Walloon
word: tchårnea
lang: Walloon
word: tchåne
lang: Welsh
word: oestrwydden