acajou
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi acaju[1] or agapú (“mahogany”) or the same root as cashew.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/, /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/, /a.kaˈʒu/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]acajou (countable and uncountable, plural acajous)
- The cashew tree. [From the late 16th century.][3]
- 2020, Betsy Wing (translator), Édouard Glissant, Mahagony,[sic] University of Nebraska Press, page 105,
- The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.
- 2020, Betsy Wing (translator), Édouard Glissant, Mahagony,[sic] University of Nebraska Press, page 105,
- A cashew nut. [From the late 16th century.][3]
- The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
- A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
- acajou:(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
[edit]cashew tree — see cashew
cashew nut — see cashew nut
wood from trees of Meliaceae family — see mahogany
moderate reddish brown colour
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References
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi akaîu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]acajou m (plural acajous)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “acajou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]acajou m (plural acajous)
Synonyms
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