chestnut
see also: Chestnut
Etymology
Chestnut
Proper noun
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see also: Chestnut
Etymology
Formerly chesten [[nut]], from Middle English chesten, Middle English chesteyne, chasteine, from Old English ċisten and reinforced by Old French chastaigne, both from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια.
Pronunciation- (British, America) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛs.nʌt/, /ˈt͡ʃɛst.nʌt/
chestnut
- A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
- Synonyms: chestnut tree
- A nut of this tree or shrub.
- (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
- A reddish-brown horse.
- 1871, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 20, page 308:
- Lord Carington […] led the way with his chestnuts […]
- (uncountable) Wood of a chestnut tree.
- (figurative) An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
- Synonyms: cliché, platitude
- A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
- Synonyms: night eye
- (UK) The horse-chestnut.
- French: châtaigne, marron
- German: Kastanie, Esskastanie, Edelkastanie
- Italian: castagna
- Portuguese: castanha
- Russian: кашта́н
- Spanish: castaña
- French: marron, châtain
- German: Kastanienbraun
- Italian: castano
- Portuguese: castanho
- Russian: кашта́новый
- Spanish: castaño, marrón
- French: châtaigner, marronnier
- German: Kastanie
- Italian: castagneto
- Russian: кашта́н
chestnut (not comparable)
Translations- French: marron, châtain
- German: kastanienbraun
- Italian: castano (of hair)
- Portuguese: castanho, marrom
- Russian: кашта́новый
- Spanish: castaño, marrón
Chestnut
Proper noun
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