pine nut

See also: pinenut, pine-nut, and Pine Nut

English

Alternative forms

• pinenut, pine-nut

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪn ˌnʌt/

Etymology 1

From Middle English pinnote, pynote, from Old English pīnhnutu (“pinenut”), equivalent to pine +‎ nut. Cognate with Swedish pinjenöt (“pinenut”).

Noun

pine nut (plural pine nuts)

2. The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.

   Synonyms: neoza, pignoli, pine kernel

Derived terms

• pine nut porridge
• pine nut syndrome

Translations

edible seeds of evergreen pine

Albanian: farë́ pishë́ f Arabic: حَبّ صَنَوْبَر m (ḥabb ṣanawbar) Armenian: ֆստըխ (fstəx) (dialectal) Cahuilla: tevat Catalan: pinyó (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 松子 (cung4 zi2) Mandarin: 松子 (zh) (sōngzǐ) Crimean Tatar: çam fıstığı Czech: piniový ořech Danish: pinjekerne c Dutch: pijnboompit m Estonian: piiniapähkel, piiniaseeme Finnish: pinjansiemen French: pignon (fr) m, pignon de pin m, pigne (fr) f Galician: piño m, piñón (gl) m German: Pinienkern (de) m Hebrew: צנובר (he) m Hindi: चिलगोजा (hi) m (cilgojā) Hungarian: fenyőmag (hu) Irish: cnó péine m Italian: pinolo (it) m Kaingang: fág Kazakh: please add this translation if you can Korean: 잣 (ko) (jat) Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: пињо́ла f (pinjóla) Maori: painati Navajo: neeshchʼííʼ Panamint: tüpa Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: دانه کاج (dâne kâj), تخم کاج (toxm-e kāj) Polish: orzeszek piniowy (pl) m Portuguese: pinhão (pt) m Romanian: sămânță de pin f, coconari m pl, coconară f (rare) Russian: кедро́вый оре́х m (kedróvyj oréx) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пѝњо̄л m Latin: pìnjōl (sh) m Spanish: piñón (es) m Swahili: njugu ya msonobari Swedish: pinjenöt (sv) c, pinjekärna c Tagalog: pinyon Turkish: çam fıstığı Uzbek: please add this translation if you can Welsh: (please verify) cneuen binwydd f

Further reading

• pine nut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Blend of pineapple +‎ coconut.

Noun

pine nut (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) The flavor that results from mixing pineapple and coconut.

   pine nut soda

Anagrams

• nut pine