beach

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /biːt͡ʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /bit͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -iːtʃ Homophone: beech === Noun === beach (plural beaches) The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle. (motor racing, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap. (sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand. Euphemistic form of bitch (taboo swear word). ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ビーチ → Punjabi: ਬੀਚ (bīc) → Zulu: ibhishi ==== Translations ==== === Verb === beach (third-person singular simple present beaches, present participle beaching, simple past and past participle beached) (intransitive) To run aground on a beach. (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach. (of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Bache, bache == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English beach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bitʃ/ === Noun === beach m (plural beachs) (Congo) port where goods and passengers embark and debark == Irish == === Alternative forms === meach (Cois Fharraige) === Etymology === From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos (compare Middle Welsh beg-egyr, byg-egyr (“drone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoyk- (compare Latin fūcus and, perhaps, Proto-Slavic *bьčela), enlargement of *bʰey- (compare Welsh by-daf (“beehive”), English bee). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʲax/ === Noun === beach f (genitive singular beiche, nominative plural beacha) bee (insect) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoik-, enlargement of *bʰī-, *bʰei-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛx/ === Noun === beach m (genitive singular beacha, plural beachan) bee Synonym: seillean beehive wasp Synonym: speach ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “beach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “beach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 31 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language