chestnut

English

chestnuts

Etymology

Formerly chesten nut, from Middle English chasteine, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια ‎(kastáneia).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛs.nʌt/, /ˈtʃɛst.nʌt/

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Noun

chestnut ‎(countable and uncountable, plural chestnuts)

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
2. The nut of this tree or shrub.
3. (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.

   chestnut colour:

4. A reddish-brown horse.
5. (uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
6. (idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
7. A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
8. (Britain) horse-chestnut

Synonyms

• (tree): chestnut tree

Translations

chestnut tree — see chestnut tree

nut of the chestnut tree

• Albanian: gështenjë (sq) f
• Arabic: كَسْتَنَاء f ‎(kastanāʾ)

  Egyptian Arabic: ابو فروة m ‎(abo farwa)

• Armenian: շագանակ (hy) ‎(šaganak)
• Asturian: castaña (ast) f
• Azeri: şabalıd (az)
• Belarusian: кашта́н m ‎(kaštán)
• Bengali: বাদামী ‎(bādāmī)
• Bulgarian: ке́стен (bg) m ‎(késten)
• Catalan: castanya f
• Cherokee: ᏘᎵ ‎(tili)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 栗子 ‎(leot⁶ zi²)

  Mandarin: 板栗 (zh) ‎(bǎnlì), 栗子 (zh) ‎(lìzi)

• Czech: kaštan (cs) m
• Danish: kastanje c
• Dutch: kastanje (nl) f, tamme kastanje f
• Esperanto: kaŝtano
• Faroese: kastanja f
• Finnish: kastanja (fi)
• French: châtaigne (fr) f, marron (fr) m
• Friulian: cjastine f
• Galician: castaña (gl) f, bullote (gl) m
• Georgian: წაბლი ‎(c̣abli)
• German: Kastanie (de) f, Esskastanie f
• Greek: κάστανο (el) n ‎(kástano)
• Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ ‎(cēsṭanaṭa)
• Hebrew: ערמון (he) m ‎(armon)
• Hungarian: gesztenye (hu)
• Ido: kastano (io)
• Italian: castagna (it) f
• Japanese: 栗 (ja) ‎(kuri)
• Korean: 밤 (ko) ‎(bam)

• Lao: ໝາກກໍ່ໜາມ ‎(māk kǭ nām)
• Latgalian: kaštans
• Latin: castanea f
• Latvian: kastanis
• Lithuanian: kaštonas
• Luxembourgish: Käscht f
• Macedonian: ко́стен m ‎(kósten)
• Manx: castan m, cro Spaainagh m, castan Spaainagh m
• Navajo: neeshchʼííłchííʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kastanje m

  Nynorsk: kastanje m

• Occitan: castanha (oc) f
• Polish: kasztan (pl) m
• Portuguese: castanha (pt) f
• Romanian: castană (ro)
• Russian: кашта́н (ru) m ‎(kaštán)
• Scottish Gaelic: castan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кестен m

  Roman: kesten (sh) m

• Slovak: gaštan (sk) m
• Slovene: kostanj (sl) m
• Spanish: castaña (es) f
• Swahili: aramoni
• Swedish: kastanj (sv) n
• Tagalog: kastanyas
• Thai: ลูกเกาลัด ‎(lūk keālạd)
• Turkish: kestane (tr)
• Ukrainian: кашта́н m ‎(kaštán)
• Vietnamese: hạt dẻ
• Volapük: kätan, kätuk
• Walloon: cascagne (wa) f

reddish-brown colour

• Armenian: շագանակագույն (hy) ‎(šaganakaguyn)
• Asturian: marrón m
• Bulgarian: кестеняв ‎(kestenjav)
• Catalan: castany m, marró (ca) m
• Czech: kaštanově hnědá f
• Danish: kastanjebrun
• Dutch: kastanjebruin (nl) n
• Finnish: kastanjanruskea, pähkinänruskea
• French: marron (fr) m, châtain (fr) m
• Galician: castaño (gl) m, marrón (gl) m
• Georgian: წაბლისფერი ‎(c̣ablisperi)
• German: Kastanienbraun n
• Greek: καστανό (el) n ‎(kastanó)
• Irish: donnrua m
• Italian: castano (it) f

• Japanese: 栗色 ‎(kuriiro)
• Latin: spādīx
• Macedonian: костенлива f ‎(kosténliva)
• Mongolian:
• Norwegian: kastanje
• Portuguese: castanho (pt) m
• Russian: кашта́новый (ru) m ‎(kaštánovyj) (hair color)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кестењаста f

  Roman: kestenjasta (sh) f

• Spanish: castaño (es) m, marrón (es) m
• Swedish: kastanjebrunt
• Turkish: kestane (tr)

reddish-brown horse

• Bulgarian: дорест кон ‎(dorest kon)
• Finnish: raudikko, rautias (fi)
• German: Fuchs (de) m
• Hungarian: pej (hu)

• Italian: castano (it) f
• Russian: гнедо́й (ru) m ‎(gnedój), гнеда́я ло́шадь f ‎(gnedája lóšadʹ), гнедо́й конь m ‎(gnedój konʹ)
• Swedish: fux (sv)

wood of a chestnut tree

• Bulgarian: ке́стен (bg) m ‎(késten)
• French: châtaigner (fr) m, marronnier (fr) m
• German: Kastanie (de) f
• Italian: castagneto (it) m

• Japanese: クリ材 ‎(kurizai)
• Macedonian: ко́стен m ‎(kósten)
• Russian: кашта́н (ru) m ‎(kaštán)
• Turkish: kestane (tr)

Derived terms

terms derived from chestnut (noun)

American chestnut chestnut blight chestnut oak chestnut tree dwarf chestnut horse chestnut

Moreton Bay chestnut pull chestnuts out of the fire Spanish chestnut sweet chestnut water chestnut

Adjective

chestnut ‎(not comparable)

1. Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

Translations

of a deep reddish-brown colour

• Asturian: castañu, marrón
• Bulgarian: кестеняв ‎(kestenjav), кестењаст m ‎(kesteњast)
• Catalan: castany, marró (ca)
• Danish: kastanjebrun
• Dutch: kastanjebruin (nl), kastanjebruine (nl)
• Finnish: punaruskea, rautias (fi)
• French: marron (fr), châtain (fr)
• Galician: castaño (gl), marrón (gl)
• German: kastanienbraun (de)
• Greek: καστανός (el) ‎(kastanós)
• Ido: kastanea (io)
• Irish: donnrua

• Italian: castano (it) (of hair)
• Macedonian: костенлива f ‎(kosténliva)
• Portuguese: castanho (pt), marrom (pt)
• Romanian: roib (ro)
• Russian: кашта́новый (ru) ‎(kaštánovyj) (hair color)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кестењаст

  Roman: kestenjast (sh)

• Spanish: castaño (es), marrón (es)

Related terms

• castanet

See also

• Chestnut on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia

• black bean
• buckeye
• caltrop
• chinquapin
• chinquapin oak

• conker
• maroon
• water caltrop
• Appendix:Colors