English Online Dictionary. What means walnut? What does walnut mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, walnote, from Old English walhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman, foreigner”) (whence Walloon, Welsh) + *hnuts (whence nut). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhnota. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑlnət/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
- Rhymes: -ʌt
Noun
walnut (usually uncountable, plural walnuts)
- A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- A nut of the walnut tree.
- Wood of the walnut tree.
- Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Related terms
- walshnut
Translations
Adjective
walnut (not comparable)
- Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Translations
Derived terms
- ash-leaved walnut
- black walnut
- English walnut
- European walnut
- satin walnut
- Walnut Ridge
- white walnut
See also
- butternut
- hickory
- Appendix:Colors
Further reading
Wikibooks
- walnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Juglans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies