nutshell

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
2. A short book summarizing an area of law.
3. A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.

Verb

To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

Concepts

coquille

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abattant

coquille de noix

coque de noyau

Synonymes

shell

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eggshell

hull

husks

monocoque

seashell

pelecypod

conch

cast-off skin

Traductions

guscio di noce

Nussschale

καρυδότσουφλο

lamnia lammina lamna

casca de noz

kısaca

schelp

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notedop

concha

kabuk

القشر

fındıkkabuğu

clova de nou

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: notschelle

Hérité de ancien anglais: hnutsċiell

In summary

From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, equivalent to nut + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, Nuteskil (“nutshell”), Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), German Nussschale (“nutshell”).