hêtre

Inherited from Middle French hestre, from Old French hestre, from Frankish *haistr. Displaced native fau, from Latin fagus, which can still be found in faîne (“beechnut”).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛtʁ/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛːtʁ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
• Homophones: hêtres (general), aître, aîtres, être, êtres (unaspirated)

hêtre m (plural hêtres)

1. beech
2. beechwood

   Meronym: faîne

• “hêtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• éther