coconut

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
3. (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
4. (countable, uncountable) The coconut palm.
5. (US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
6. (Australia, Kenya, South-Africa, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
7. (Singapore, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
8. (Malaysia, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture:
9. (New-Zealand, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A Pacific islander.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A female breast.
11. (countable, slang, uncountable) The human head.

Concetti

cocco

noce di cocco

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palma da cocco

palma di cocco

palma del cocco

sinonimi

coco

cocoanut

coconut palm

coconut tree

coconut meat

ripe coconut

coco palm

Cocos nucifera

cocoa palm

coconut shell

kind of vegetable

nearly ripe

nariyal

copra

ear-ring

nut

palm

stalk

sway

cocoa-nut

green coconut

Traduzioni

noix de coco

🥥

coco

🥥

Kokosnuss

🥥

coco

coco

🥥

kokosnoot

🥥

coco

🥥

cocotier

🥥

καρύδα

Cocos nucifera

Kokospalme

🥥

Hindistan cevizi

🥥

klapper

🎬

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From coco + nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins and the slur that they are "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.