alerce
English
Noun
alerce (uncountable)
- The wood of the sandarac tree.
- The Chilean arbor vitae (Austrocedrus chilensis).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَرْز (al-ʾarz), from Classical Arabic أَرْز (ʾarz, “cedar”).
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَرْز, from Classical Arabic أَرْز (ʾarz, “cedar”).
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /aˈleɾθe/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /aˈlerse/
Noun
alerce m (plural alerces)
- larch tree (trees of the genus Larix)
Larix on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- the wood of the larch tree
- Fitzroya cupressoides, a species of cypress tree
Fitzroya cupressoides on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Synonyms
- (Fitzroya cupressoides): ciprés de la Patagonia, lahuán
Further reading
- “alerce” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
alerce on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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