walnut

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːlnʌt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔlnət/, /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɑlnət/, /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/ Hyphenation: wal‧nut === Noun === walnut (countable and uncountable, plural walnuts) A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. A nut of the walnut tree. Wood of the walnut tree. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== walshnut ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === walnut (not comparable) Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. ==== Translations ==== === See also === butternut hickory Appendix:Colors === Further reading === “walnut”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. walnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Juglans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies