pine nut

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

English

Alternative forms

• pinenut, pine-nut

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪn ˌnʌt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Pine nuts.

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)
• Māori: 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