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es.

ash, ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛs/
  1. ash, ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior)

    masculine
  2. ash (any tree of genus Fraxinus)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch essche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz. Compare West Frisian esk, English ash, German Esche, Danish ask, compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ясень (jasenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash tree”).

noun/ɛs/
  1. a tract of open, often raised agricultural land near or surrounding a village or hamlet

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch esche, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *atiska-. More at German Esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).

noun/ɛs/
  1. E-flat

    feminine
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