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See also:ACORN

English

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Acorns.
 Acorn (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishacorn, an alteration (aftercorn) of earlier*akern, fromOld Englishæcern(“acorn, oak-mast”), fromProto-West Germanic*akarn, fromProto-Germanic*akraną, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂égrō(“berry”). Cognate withScotsaicorn,Saterland FrisianÄkkene,Dutchaker(“acorn”),GermanEcker(“acorn”),Danishagern(“acorn”),Faroese,Icelandicakarn(“acorn”),Norwegian Nynorskåkorn(“acorn”),Tocharian Boko(“fruit”),Welsheirin(“plums”),Bretonirin(“plum”),Irishairne(“sloe”),Lithuanianúoga,Russianя́года(jágoda,“berry”), etc. Not related toOld Englishāc(“oak”),corn(“corn, seed”) orMiddle Englishacquerne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acorn (pluralacorns)

  2. Thefruit of theoak, being an ovalnut growing in a woody cup orcupule.
  3. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  4. (zoology) Seeacorn-shell.
  5. (informal) Theglans penis.
    • 2021, A. W. Strouse,Form & Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision:
      The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with hisacorn showing.
  6. (slang, usually in theplural) Atesticle.

Holonyms

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  • (fruit of an oak):oak

Derived terms

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Translations

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fruit of the oak tree

References

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  • (glans penis):Tony Thorne (2014), “acorn”, inDictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]:Bloomsbury

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishæcern, fromProto-West Germanic*akran, fromProto-Germanic*akraną.

The last element of this word is often remodelled oncorn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/,/ˈakɔrn/,/ˈaːkɔrn/

Noun

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acorn

  1. Anacorn or similarfruit.

Descendants

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