pistachio
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
- The nutlike fruit of this tree.
- A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.
Pronunciation
/pɪsˈtæʃi.əʊ/
/pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/
/pɪsˈtɑʃioʊ/
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Word forms
pistachio
pistachios
pistachioes
pistache
pistacchio
Etymology
From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”), of Iranian origin. Compare Middle English pistace (from Middle French pistace, pistache), Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.
Translations
Albanian: fistík
Armenian: պիստակենի
Bulgarian: ша́мфъстъ́к
Catalan: festuc
Catalan: pistatxer
Chinese Mandarin: 阿月渾子 /阿月浑子
Czech: pistácie
Esperanto: pistakujo
Estonian: harilik pistaatsia
Finnish: mantelipistaasi
French: pistachier
Georgian: ფისტა
German: Pistazienbaum
Greek: φιστικιά
Ancient Greek: πιστάκη
Hindi: पिस्ता
Icelandic: pistasíutré
Indonesian: pohon fustuk
Indonesian: badam hijau
Indonesian: pistasio
Italian: pistacchio
Kazakh: пісте
Korean: 피스타치오 나무
Northern Kurdish: pisteq
Northern Kurdish: fisteq
Macedonian: ф’стак
Macedonian: фастак
Malay: pistacio
Malay: pistasio
Malay: pokok kacang cerdik
Maltese: pistaċċi
Marathi: पिस्ता
Norwegian Bokmål: pistasj
Norwegian Bokmål: pistasie
Norwegian Nynorsk: pistasj
Norwegian Nynorsk: pistasie
Persian: پسته
Polish: pistacja
Portuguese: pistache
Portuguese: pistáchio
Portuguese: pistácio
Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ
Russian: фиста́шковое де́рево
Serbo-Croatian: тришља
Serbo-Croatian: пистаћ
Serbo-Croatian: пистач
Serbo-Croatian: trišlja
Serbo-Croatian: pistać
Serbo-Croatian: pistač
Sicilian: fastucara
Sicilian: pistacchia
Slovak: pistácia
Slovene: pistacija
Spanish: pistachero
Spanish: alfóncigo
Swahili: mfistiki
Swedish: pistaschträd
Swedish: pistasch
Tagalog: pistatso
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