abedul

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *betūle or *betūlus, from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Also compare Catalan bedoll, French bouleau, Portuguese bétula, Italian betulla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abeˈdul/ [a.β̞eˈð̞ul]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ul
Syllabification: a‧be‧dul

Noun

abedul m (plural abedules)

birch
Synonym: (La Rioja) biezo

Derived terms

Further reading

“abedul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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