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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pine tree

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
pine tree
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus

Etymology

From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pine trees (plural) pine-tree (alternative) pinetree (alternative)

Synonyms

pine true pine

Questions

What does pine tree mean?
Any coniferous tree in the genus Pinus
Where does pine tree come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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