walnut
Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut woodHaving a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
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Translations
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Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
оре́ховыйoréxovyj
Origin
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, liFrom 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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