acorn
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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5 sensesThe 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 sentencesDo rabbits eat acorns?
Squirrels eat acorns.
Білки їдять жолуді. — deniko
ruБелки едят жёлуди. — Wezel
deEichhörnchen fressen Eicheln. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Squirrels love acorns.
Білки обожнють жолуді. — deniko
ruБелки любят желуди. — sharptoothed
deEichhörnchen mögen Eicheln. — raggione
That squirrel stole my acorn!
Ця білка поцупила мого жолудя! — Walentinio
ruЭта белка украла мой жёлудь! — Walentinio
deDas Eichhörnchen da hat meine Eichel geklaut! — Yorwba
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
deGroße Eichen erwachsen aus kleinen Eicheln. — Tamy
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from OlInherited 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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