bouleau

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French, derived from Old French boul, bououl + -eau. The former from *betullus, alteration of Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Italian betulla, Catalan bedoll, Spanish abedul, Portuguese bétula, as well as Galician bídalo and bidueiro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.lo/ Hyphenation: bou‧leau Homophones: bouleaux (general), boulot, boulots (except regionally) === Noun === bouleau m (plural bouleaux) birch tree === Further reading === “bouleau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012