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chestnut

/ˈtʃesˌnʌt/CHEH-snuht
/ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt/CHEH-snuht

Meaningthe chestnut-tree

Common meaning: a glossy brown nut from a chestnut tree

Journey through time

  1. Latincastanea‘the chestnut-tree’source
  2. Old Frenchchastaigne‘chestnut’source
  3. Middle Englishchesten‘chestnut’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsthe chestnut-tree → a glossy brown nut from a chestnut treechestnut‘a glossy brown nut from a chestnut tree’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin castanea ‘the chestnut-tree’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CHESTNUT, p. 106 · dictionary scan

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