beach
English
/bit͡ʃ/, /biːt͡ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
- A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
- (UK) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
- (motorsports)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bache, bæcche (bank, sandbank) inherited from Old English beċe, bæċe (beck, brook, stream) inherited from *baki (brook, beach) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (brook, beach, stream, strand, baking) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (flowing water, stream).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰog-
Gloss
flowing water, stream
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bach English
- Cocoa English
- Cocoa Beach English
- Mexico English
- Mexico Beach English
- Miami English
- Miami Beach English
- Panama City English
- Panama City Beach English
- backbeach English
- ball English
- beach-goer English
- beachball English
- beachberry English
- beachbound English
- beachboy English
- beachcam English
- beachcast English
- beachcomber English
- beachcombing English
- beached English
- beachfront English
- beachful English
- beachgirl English
- beachgoer English
- beachgoing English
- beachgrass English
- beachhouse English
- beachie English
- beachiness English
- beachkeeper English
- beachless English
- beachlessness English
- beachlike English
- beachline English
- beachsalmon English
- beachscape English
- beachside English
- beachward English
- beachwards English
- beachwear English
- beachwort English
- beachy English
- berry English
- bound English
- boy English
- cam English
- cast English
- comber English
- combing English
- forebeach English
- front English
- girl English
- goer English
- going English
- grass English
- house English
- keeper English
- line English
- nonbeach English
- palaeobeach English
- paleobeach English
- rebeach English
- salmon English
- sea English
- seabeach English
- side English
- unbeach English
- unbeachy English
- wort English
- biitsi Finnish
- Auerbach German
- Bach German
- Bachchor German
- Bacher German
- Bachforelle German
- Bachstelze German
- Beachparty German
- beek Dutch, Flemish
- beekjuffer Dutch, Flemish
- beach French
- *bʰog- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- Bach Portuguese
- *bakiz Proto-Germanic
- *bakjaz Proto-Germanic
- bäck Swedish
- バッハ Japanese
- ビーチ Japanese
- *bæċe Old English
- beċe, bæċe Old English
- bache, bæcche Middle English
- bekkr Old Norse
- Bach Danish
- bēke Middle Dutch
- bah Old High German
- BWV Translingual
- beek Afrikaans
- bach Middle High German
- Baach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Baachfrell Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Baachnénga Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *baki gmw-pro
- beki Old Dutch
- bach Middle Low German
- *bak Old Saxon
- beki Old Saxon
- bækker Old Swedish
- ibhishi Zulu
- pòch Mòcheno
- Bach Plautdietsch
- cam
- sea
- boy
- girl
- wort
- ball
- Bach
- cast
- side
- line
- goer
- grass
- bound
- Cocoa
- going
- berry
- front
- Miami
- house
- beachy
- salmon
- keeper
- Mexico
- comber
- beached
- rebeach
- beachie
- combing
- unbeach
- seabeach
- beachboy
- beachful
- unbeachy
- beachcam
- nonbeach
- beachside
- beachgirl
- beachless
- forebeach
- beachgoer
- backbeach
- beachcast
- beachline
- beachwear
- beachwort
- beachward
- beachball
- beachlike
- beachscape
- beachbound
- beachhouse
- beach-goer
- beachberry
- beachiness
- paleobeach
- beachfront
- beachgrass
- beachgoing
- beachwards
- Panama City
- Miami Beach
- beachsalmon
- palaeobeach
- Cocoa Beach
- beachcomber
- beachkeeper
- beachcombing
- Mexico Beach
- beachlessness
- Panama City Beach