walnut

(Inglés)

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.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: walnote

Herdado de Old English: wealhhnutu

Relativo a neerlandés: walnoot

Relativo a alemán: Walnuss

Relativo a sueco: valnöt

Relativo a islandés: 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”.

Sinónimos

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

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