almond
See also: Almond
English
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Etymology
From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many French and Spanish words of Arabic origin that began with the Arabic definite article al-.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
almond (countable and uncountable, plural almonds)
- (countable) A type of tree nut.
- (countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis, that produces predominantly sweet almonds.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
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- Synonym: bitter almond
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- Synonym: bitter almond
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- (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
- almond:
- (uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
- almond:
- Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
- 1828, David Craigie, Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy:
- The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
Translations
nut
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tree
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colour
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Adjective
almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)
Translations
resembling the colour of an almond nut
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See also
Further reading
almond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “almond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French almande.
Pronunciation
Noun
almond (plural almondes)
- An almond (tree nut)
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- An almond tree (Prunus dulcis)
- An object that resembles an almond in physical form.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “alma(u)nde (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
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