English Explanatory Dictionary

walnut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
  2. A nut of the walnut tree.
  3. Wood of the walnut tree.
  4. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
adj
  1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  3. A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.
  4. A township and village therein, in Bureau County, Illinois.
  5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marshall County, Indiana.
  6. A minor city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
  7. A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas, named after Little Walnut Creek.
  8. A town in Tippah County, Mississippi.
  9. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, named after Walnut Creek.
  10. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska, named for walnut trees.
  11. An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, named after the Walnut Mountains.
  12. An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/ /ˈwɔlnət/ /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/ /ˈwɑlnət/ /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/ En-us-walnut.ogg

Word forms

walnut walnuts

Etymology

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

Related words

walshnut butternut hickory

Derived words

African walnut Arizona black walnut Arizona walnut ash-leaved walnut black walnut Caucasian walnut common walnut English walnut European walnut Carpathian walnut Madeira walnut Persian walnut Queensland walnut royal walnut moth satin walnut sea walnut Walnut Ridge walnutty walnuty white walnut

Translations

Afrikaans: okkerneutboom Albanian: arrë Albanian: arrishtë Armenian: ընկուզենի Aromanian: nuc Asturian: nozal Breton: kraoñenn Breton: gwezenn-graoñ Bulgarian: орех Catalan: noguera Catalan: noguer Cherokee: ᏎᏗ Cheyenne: otaesémenôtse Chinese Mandarin: 核桃树 West Circassian: дэ Crimean Tatar: ceviz Czech: ořešák Czech: vlašský ořech Dalmatian: nochiera Danish: valnøddetræ Danish: valnød Dutch: walnotenboom Dutch: walnotenhout Esperanto: juglandujo Esperanto: juglandarbo Estonian: kreeka pähklipuu Estonian: pähklipuu Finnish: pähkinäpuu Fox: mahkwipakâni French: noyer Galician: nogueira Galician: concheiro Georgian: კაკალი German: Walnuss German: Walnussbaum German: Nussbaum German: Walnussholz German: Nussbaumholz Gilaki: آغوز دار Greek: καρυδιά Hebrew: אֱגוֹז Hindi: अखरोट Hungarian: diófa Ido: nuciero Irish: crann gallchnó Irish: adhmad gallchnó Italian: noce Japanese: クルミの木 Japanese: クルミ材 Korean: 호두나무 Northern Kurdish: gûz Northern Kurdish: dargûz Lakota: čhaŋsápa Lakota: gmahú Latin: iūglāns Lombard: nos Low German: Wallnööt Low German: Wallnöötboom
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