walnut

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
2. (countable, uncountable) A nut of the walnut tree.
3. (countable, uncountable) Wood of the walnut tree.
4. (countable, uncountable) Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Adj

Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Conceptes

nou

🆕

noguera

noguer

anouer

Juglandàcia

Sinònims

walnut tree

common walnut

English walnut

Persian walnut

nut

bosshead

nut-tree

black walnut

nut tree

Circassian walnut

Carpathian walnut

butternut

European walnut

peanut

tree

🌳

walnut-tree

wave

👋

Traduccions

noce

Walnuss

nogal

nuez

noyer

noix

walnoot

nogueira

καρύδι

noz

καρυδιά

okkernoot

ceviz

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: walnote

Heretat de anglès antic: wealhhnutu

Cognat amb neerlandès: walnoot

Cognat amb alemany: Walnuss

Cognat amb suec: valnöt

Cognat amb islandès: valhneta

In summary

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.