chestnut

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
2. A nut of this tree or shrub.
3. A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
4. A reddish-brown horse.
5. Wood of a chestnut tree.
6. An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
7. A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
8. The horse-chestnut.

Adj

Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

Konzepte

Kastanie

🌰

Marone

Esskastanie

🌰

Fuchs

🦊

Edelkastanie

🌰

Kastanienbaum

kastanienbraun

Maroni

Kastanienbraun

Braun

kastanienbraunes Haar

Heidelbeer-Wintereule

braune Heidelbeereule

echte Kastanie

Castanea

Ess-Kastanie

Maronibaum

essbare Kastanie

Heidelbeereule

Synonyme

chestnut tree

sorrel

auburn

maroon

hazel

horse chestnut

brown

edible chestnut

horse-chestnut

chestnut moth

night

🌃

nutbrown

palomino

russet

bay

Spanish chestnut

castor

tawny

tree

🌳

water chestnut

Castanea

chestnut-colored

Joe Miller

light brown

reddish brown

European chestnut

Trapa bicornis Obs.

horn chestnut

chestnut-coloured

hazel-brown

sweet chestnut

chestnut brown

blow

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɛs.nʌt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Formerly chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, Middle English chesteyne, chasteine, from Old English ċisten and reinforced by Old French chastaigne, both from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia). Compare castanet.