English Explanatory Dictionary

coconut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. The coconut palm.
  5. 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. A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.
  7. A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
  8. A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.
  9. An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil.
  10. A Pacific islander.
  11. A female breast.
  12. The human head.

Pronunciation

/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ [ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nʌt] [ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nɐt] /ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/ [ˈkʰoʊ̯.kəˌnʌt] /ˈkəʉ.kə.nɐt/ [ˈkʰəʉ̯.kə.nɐt] en-au-coconut.ogg /ˈkɐʉ.kə.nɐt/ [ˈkʰɐʉ.kə.nɐt]

Word forms

coconut coconuts coco-nut cocoanut cokernut

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Oreo Uncle Tom nut

Derived words

boko coconana coconut ant coconut apple coconut bowl coconut butter coconut cadang-cadang viroid coconut cotyledon coconut crab coconut cream Coconut Creek coconut curd coconut doggy coconut embryo coconut extract coconut flake coconut geranium coconut grater coconut head coconut heart coconut jelly coconut kernel coconut macaroon coconut matting coconut meat coconut milk coconut money coconut octopus coconut oil coconut palm coconut pearl coconut pudding coconut roll coconut sap coconut shell coconut shrimp coconut shy coconut snowball coconut soup coconut spider coconut sprout coconut tinangaja viroid coconut tree coconutty coconut vinegar coconut washboard coconut water coconut wine coconut wireless coconut worm cocovore common tall coconut creamed coconut cream of coconut cream of coconut soup death by coconut desiccated coconut double coconut dried coconut dwarf coconut

Translations

Acehnese: u Afrikaans: kokosneut Casiguran Dumagat Agta: niyóg Dupaningan Agta: niyóg Aklanon: niyog Albanian: kokosit Amis: heci no afinong Anuta: niu Arabic: جَوْز الْهِنْد Arabic: نَارْجِيل Arabic: جوز الهند Arabic: جوز هند Arabic: كوك Dhofari Arabic: جزيب Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܪܓܝܼܠܵܐ Aramaic: ܢܪܓܝܠ 'Are'are: niu Armenian: կոկոս Armenian: հնդկական ընկույզ Armenian: հնդկընկույզ Arosi: niu Assamese: নাৰিকল Assamese: ডাব Asturian: cocu Atong (India): narykel Azerbaijani: hind qozu West Coast Bajau: soka' Banjarese: nyiur Basque: koko Palawan Batak: niyóg Belarusian: како́савы арэ́х Belarusian: како́с Bengali: ডাব Bengali: নারিকেল Bengali: নাইকল Bhojpuri: नारियल Central Bikol: niyog Central Bontoc: ʔinyug Bughotu: niu Bulgarian: коко́с Bulgarian: коко́сов оре́х Bunun: iasi Burmese: အုန်း Bwanabwana: niu Catalan: coco Cebuano: lubi Eastern Cham: ꨤꨪꨂꨩ Western Cham: ليعو liu Chamicuro: koko Chamorro: niyok Chichewa: kokonati
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