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walnut

/ˈwɔːlˌnʌt/WAWL-nuht
/ˈwɔlˌnʌt/WAWL-nuht

Meaningforeign nut

Common meaning: a wrinkled edible nut

Journey through time

  1. Middle Englishwalnote‘walnut’source
  2. Englishwalnut‘a wrinkled edible nut’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wealh + hnutu ‘foreign + nut’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WALNUT, p. 694 · dictionary scan

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