driftwood

English

Etymology

drift +‎ wood

Noun

driftwood (usually uncountable, plural driftwoods)

A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.

Translations

floating piece of wood

Dutch: drijfhout (nl)
Faroese: rekaviður m
Finnish: ajopuu (fi)
French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz (de) n
Icelandic: rekaviður m
Irish: adhmad raice m
Maori: paewai

wood that has been cast ashore

Danish: drivtømmer n
Faroese: rekaviður m
Finnish: ajopuu (fi)
French: bois flotté (fr)

German: Treibholz (de) n
Irish: adhmad raice m
Maori: paewai, tāwhaowhao, porotāwhao, punipuni, pakawai, pūwai
Welsh: gyrgoed

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