walnut

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

noce

Juglans

noce bianco

noce da frutto

sinonimi

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

👋

Traduzioni

Walnuss

noyer

nogal

nuez

noix

nogueira

walnoot

καρύδι

καρυδιά

noz

okkernoot

ceviz

Walnussbaum

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: walnote

Ereditato da inglese antico: wealhhnutu

Affine olandese: walnoot

Affine tedesco: Walnuss

Affine svedese: valnöt

Affine islandese: 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”.