filbert

See also: Filbert

English

Alternative forms

• filberd

Etymology

Earlier filbert-nut, Philibert-nut, from Middle English filbert-note, from Anglo-Norman noix de filbert, so named because they are ripe near Saint Philibert’s Day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlbət/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlbɚt/

Noun

filbert (plural filberts)

1. The hazelnut.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     I've seen one monkey force open the jaws of his brother, resolutely introduce his fingers, pluck from the sanctuary of his cheek the filbert he had just stowed there for his private nutrition and delight, and crunch and eat it with a stern ecstasy of selfishness, himself […]

2. The hazel tree.
3. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

Synonyms

• (nut): hazelnut
• (tree): hazelnut

Hyponyms

• cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana) which grows in the UK and Europe)

Derived terms

• filbert gall

Translations

hazelnut — see hazelnut

shrub — see hazel

Anagrams

• beflirt