hêtre

See also: hétre

French

Etymology

From Old French hestre, from Frankish *haistr (compare Dutch heester, Middle Low German hester), from Proto-Germanic *hais- (“thicket, bush, shrub”).

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛtʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
Homophones: aitre, aitres, aître, aîtres, être, êtres, hêtres

Noun

hêtre m (plural hêtres)

beech (tree, wood)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

éther

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