larch
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larch¹
- /ˈlɑːtʃ/ UK
- /ˈlɑɹt͡ʃ/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
From early modern German Larche, Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German larihha, from Proto-West Germanic *larikā, an early borrowing from Latin larix, from Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), itself possibly of Gaulish origin.
noun larches
- A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves in fascicles. The Larch-tree, with us, groweth slowly, and to be found in few places; it hath a rugged bark, and boughts that branch in good order, with divers small yellowish bunched eminences, set thereon at several distances, from whence tufts of many small, long, and narrow smooth leaves do yearly come forth;
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Wood of the larch.
The cart was of rough wood, without springs, like a big box fixed on long larch poles between two pairs of wheels. The larch poles did instead of springs, bending and creaking, as the cart moved over the forest track.
Similar: larchwood
Larch²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Larch.
proper noun Larchs
- A surname from German.
Translations
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noun a coniferous tree
| Español | alerce, lárice |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 낙엽송 nagyeopsong |
| 日本語 | カラマツ karamatsu, 唐松 karamatsu, 落葉松 karamatsu, グイマツ guimatsu |
| 中文 | 落葉松 /落叶松 luòyèsōng, 紅杉 /红杉 hóngshān |
| Português | larice, lariço, alerce |
| Français | mélèze |
| Deutsch | Lärche |
| Italiano | larice |
| Ελληνικά | λάρικας lárikas |
| Română | zadă, larice |
| Русский | ли́ственница lístvennica |
| Tiếng Việt | thông rụng lá |
noun the wood of the larch
| Español | alerce |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Lärche, Lärchenholz |
| Русский | ли́ственница lístvennica |
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title = {larch},
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