noun · rare

acorn

acorn · acorns

жолудь

жёлудь

Eichel

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupuleThe fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

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UK/ˈeɪ.kɔːn/US/ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/

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Meaning

5 senses

The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
Eichel
жёлудьžóludʹ
жо́лудьžóludʹ
fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
See acorn-shell.
(informal)The glans penis.
(usually plural, slang)A testicle.

Examples

30 sentences

Do rabbits eat acorns?
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Squirrels eat acorns.
Білки їдять жолуді.
ruБелки едят жёлуди.
deEichhörnchen fressen Eicheln.
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Squirrels love acorns.
Білки обожнють жолуді.
ruБелки любят желуди.
deEichhörnchen mögen Eicheln.
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That squirrel stole my acorn!
Ця білка поцупила мого жолудя!
ruЭта белка украла мой жёлудь!
deDas Eichhörnchen da hat meine Eichel geklaut!
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Great oaks from little acorns grow.
deGroße Eichen erwachsen aus kleinen Eicheln.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

fruit of the oak tree:

Русский

By meaning 1

fruit of the oak tree:

Deutsch

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fruit of the oak tree:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Ol

Inherited from Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną (“fruit; acorn, nut”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égrō (“berry”).

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