acorn

== English == === Alternative forms === achorn (Chester) === Etymology === From Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égrō (“berry”). Cognate with Scots aicorn, Saterland Frisian Äkkene, Dutch aker (“acorn”), German Ecker (“acorn”), Danish agern (“acorn”), Faroese, Icelandic akarn (“acorn”), Norwegian Nynorsk åkorn (“acorn”), Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Welsh eirin (“plums”), Breton irin (“plum”), Irish airne (“sloe”), Lithuanian úoga, Russian я́года (jágoda, “berry”), etc. Not related to Old English āc (“oak”), corn (“corn, seed”) or Middle English acquerne. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/, /ˈeɪkɚn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/ Rhymes: -eɪkɔː(ɹ)n, -eɪkə(ɹ)n === Noun === acorn (plural acorns) The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (zoology) See acorn-shell. (informal) The glans penis. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. ==== Holonyms ==== (fruit of an oak): oak ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (glans penis): Tony Thorne (2014), “acorn”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury === See also === acorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Carno, Coran, Corna, acron, caron, coran, narco, narco-, racon == Middle English == === Alternative forms === accherne, accorn, accorne, acharn, acorne, acurne, acre, akire, akkorn, akorn, hakern, ocorn === Etymology === From Old English æcern, from Proto-West Germanic *akran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną. The last element of this word is often remodelled on corn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/, /ˈakɔrn/, /ˈaːkɔrn/ === Noun === acorn An acorn or similar fruit. ==== Descendants ==== English: acorn Scots: aicorn ==== References ==== “ā̆korn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.