different between gorse vs furze

English

Etymology

From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *??er- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: gôrs, IPA^(key): /???s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

gorse (countable and uncountable, plural gorses)

1. Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.

Synonyms

• furze, whin

Derived terms

• gorse bird (Linaria cannabina)
• gorse chat (Saxicola rubetra)
• gorse duck (Crex crex)
• gorse hatcher (Linaria cannabina)
• gorsy

Translations

Further reading

• Ulex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Geros, Goers, Grose, Regos, ergos, goers, gores, ogres, regos, roges, soger

English

Alternative forms

• firrs (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English firse, furs, from Old English fyrs (“furze, gorse, bramble”), from Old English fyres (“furze”), related to Old English f?r (“fire”); otherwise of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)z/
• Rhymes: -??(?)z

Noun

furze (countable and uncountable, plural furzes)

1. A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.

Synonyms

• gorse, whin

Derived terms

• dwarf furze (Ulex nanus)
• common furze (Ulex europaeus)

Translations

Further reading

• Ulex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f??ts?], [f???ts?]

Verb

furze

1. inflection of furzen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu.??/

Noun

furze f

1. dative/locative singular of fura