nut
Meaning
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- (neuter,uncountable) use, point, utility, sense
- (neuter,uncountable) benefit
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nʏt/
Etymology
From the adjective Middle Dutch nutte (“useful”), or from Middle Dutch nut (“yield”), from Old Dutch *nut, from Proto-Germanic *nutją, *nutjō (“profit, yield, utility”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).
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