walnut

English

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑlnət/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
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Noun

walnut (usually uncountable, plural walnuts)

  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.
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Adjective

walnut (not comparable)

  1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

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