walnut

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

noyer

noix

noyer royal

noyer commun

Noyer

juglandacées

arbre au sommeil

gland de Jupiter

gland divin

Synonymes

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

👋

Traductions

noce

Walnuss

nogal

nuez

walnoot

nogueira

καρύδι

noz

καρυδιά

okkernoot

ceviz

Walnussbaum

noguera

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: walnote

Hérité de ancien anglais: wealhhnutu

Appartenant à néerlandais: walnoot

Appartenant à allemand: Walnuss

Appartenant à suédois: valnöt

Appartenant à islandais: 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”.