whitebeam

English

whitebeams Sorbus aria

Etymology

From Middle English witbeam, equivalent to white +‎ beam (“tree”) – see Old English bēam (“tree”). In the name, white refers to the color of the leaves, when emergent and later the undersides.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪtˌbiːm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪtˌbim/

Noun

whitebeam (plural whitebeams)

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.

Derived terms

Translations

any of various Eurasian deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria

Albanian: vadhëviçe e bardhë f
Arabic: مُشْتَهَى f (muštahā)
Bulgarian: мукина f (mukina)
Catalan: moixera f
Danish: akselrøn c
Dutch: meelbes f
French: alisier (fr) m, alisier blanc (fr) m, allouchier (fr) m
Galician: raño m
German: Mehlbeere (de) f
Hungarian: lisztes berkenye (hu), süvölvény berkenye
Irish: bíoma bán m
Italian: sorbo montano m
Polish: jarząb mączny (pl) m
Portuguese: mostajeiro-branco m
Romanian: sorb (ro) m
Romansch: fignicler m
Spanish: mostajo m, serbal blanco m
Swedish: vitoxel c
Welsh: cerddin gwynion f pl

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