osier

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French osier (“basket willow, withy”) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊzɪə/, /ˈəʊʒə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊʒəɹ/ Rhymes: -əʊʒə(ɹ) === Noun === osier (countable and uncountable, plural osiers) A willow, of species Salix viminalis, growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America, considered the best willow for wickerwork. Synonym: common osier (loosely) Any kind of willow. (countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === EROIs, rosie, sorie, Siero, Rosie, Ieros == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)), according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“brownish, red”) or *h₂élis- (“alder”). Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)), from Proto-Celtic *auos (“river”) (presumably related to Proto-Germanic *ahwō), which could also be present in the French place name Avoise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.zje/ === Noun === osier m (plural osiers) (countable) osier (tree) (uncountable) wicker (tree) willow ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== oseraie === References === === Further reading === “osier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === seoir, seroi