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Definition for: walnut

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English

Etymology

Old English walhnutu , from Germanic, literally ‘foreign nut’. Cognate with Dutch walnoot . Compare Latin nux gallia, literally ‘Gallic nut’.

Pronunciation

  • US: IPA: /ˈwɑlnət/
  • UK: IPA: /ˈwɔ:lnʌt/

Noun

Singular
walnut

Plural
walnuts

walnut ( plural walnuts )

  1. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans .
  2. The nut of the walnut tree.
  3. The wood of the walnut tree.
  4. (colour) A dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
    walnut colour:    

Translations

tree

  • Bosnian: orah m .
  • Dutch: walnotenboom m .
  • Finnish: pähkinäpuu
  • French: noyer m .
  • Galician: nogueira f .
  • German: Walnussbaum m .
  • Hungarian: diófa
  • Italian: noce m .
  • Japanese: クルミの木 (kuruminoki)
  • Portuguese: nogueira f .
  • Russian: грецкий орех (gr'éckij or'éχ) m .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: орах m .
    Latin: orah m .
  • Spanish: nogal m .

nut

  • Bosnian: orah m .
  • Dutch: walnoot m .
  • Finnish: pähkinä
  • French: noix f .
  • Galician: noz f .
  • German: Walnuss f .
  • Hungarian: dió
  • Italian: noce f .
  • Japanese: クルミ (kurumi)
  • Russian: грецкий орех (gr'éckij or'éχ) m .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: орах m .
    Latin: orah m .
  • Spanish: nuez f .

wood

  • Bosnian: orah m .
  • Dutch: walnotenhout n .
  • Finnish: pähkinäpuu
  • German: Nussbaumholz n .

colour

  • German: dunkelbraune Farbe f .
  • Italian: noce m .

Adjective

walnut

  1. (colour) Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Translations

colour

Derived terms

See also

  • butternut
  • hickory

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