bouleau

French

Etymology

From Old French boul, bououl + -eau. Old French is derived from Vulgar Latin betullus, from Latin betulla, from Gaulish betua. Compare Italian betulla, Catalan bedoll, Spanish abedul, Portuguese bétula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu.lo/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophones: bouleaux, boulot, boulots
Hyphenation: bou‧leau

Noun

bouleau m (plural bouleaux)

birch tree

Further reading

“bouleau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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