alerce

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English

Noun

alerce (countable and uncountable, plural alerces)

  1. The wood of the sandarac tree (Tetraclinis).
  2. The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis).
    • 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 485:
      An alerce in southern Chile, older than the Bible but still putting forth seeds.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَرْز (al-ʔarz), from Classical Arabic أَرْز (ʔarz, “cedar”).

Noun

alerce m (plural alerces)

  1. (countable) larch (Larix, a coniferous tree)
    Synonyms: larice, lariço

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَرْز (al-ʔarz), from Classical Arabic أَرْز (ʔarz, “cedar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈleɾθe/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈleɾse/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾθe
  • Rhymes: -eɾse
  • Syllabification: a‧ler‧ce

Noun

alerce m (plural alerces)

  1. larch tree (trees of the genus Larix)
  2. the wood of the larch tree
  3. Fitzroya cupressoides, a species of cypress tree
    Synonyms: ciprés de la Patagonia, lahuán

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