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walnut

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English

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Walnuts for sale.
The kernel of a walnut with the shell in the background.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwalnote,walnutte,walnotte, fromOld Englishwealhhnutu(walnut, literallyforeign nut), fromProto-Germanic*walhaz(foreigner) +*hnuts(nut). Cognate withDutchwalnoot,GermanWalnuss,Swedishvalnöt,Icelandicvalhneta. Compare more recent termWelsh onion, which also usesWelsh to mean “foreign”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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walnut (countable anduncountable,pluralwalnuts)

  1. Ahardwoodtree of the genusJuglans.
  2. Anut of the walnut tree.
  3. Wood of the walnut tree.
  4. Darkbrowncolour, the colour of walnut wood.
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Translations

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nut
tree
wood
colour

Adjective

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walnut (notcomparable)

  1. Having a darkbrowncolour, the colour of walnut wood.

Translations

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colour

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