Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

    any of various trees of the genus Juglans

  2. (countable, uncountable)A nut of the walnut tree.

    Walnuss

    гре́цкий оре́хgréckij oréx, оре́хoréx

    воло́ський горі́хvolósʹkyj horíx, гре́цький горі́хhrécʹkyj horíx, горі́хhoríx

    nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

  3. (countable, uncountable)Wood of the walnut tree.

    Walnuss, Walnussbaum, Nussbaum

    оре́хoréx, оре́хoréx

    воло́ський горі́хvolósʹkyj horíx, гре́цький горі́хhrécʹkyj horíx, горі́хhoríx

    hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

  4. (countable, uncountable)Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

    dunkelbraune Farbe

Examples

53 sentences
  1. I like walnuts.

    Я люблю горіхи.

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  2. Tom filled his bag with walnuts.

    ruТом набил свою сумку грецкими орехами.

    deTom füllte seine Tasche mit Nüssen.

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  3. Didn't you know Tom was allergic to walnuts?

    ruТы не знал, что у Тома аллергия на грецкие орехи?

    deWusstest du nicht, dass Tom allergisch gegen Walnüsse ist?

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  4. I didn't know you were allergic to walnuts.

    ruЯ не знал, что у тебя аллергия на грецкие орехи.

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  5. I didn't know that you were allergic to walnuts.

    ruЯ не знал, что у тебя аллергия на грецкие орехи.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, li

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts (literally “foreigner-nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

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Forms

plural: walnuts
Singularwalnut
Pluralwalnuts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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