chestnut

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English[edit]

chestnuts

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛs.nʌt/, /ˈtʃɛst.nʌt/
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Noun[edit]

chestnut (countable and uncountable, plural chestnuts)

A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
The nut of this tree or shrub.
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
chestnut colour:
A reddish-brown horse.
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
(idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective.
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.
(Britain) horse-chestnut

Synonyms[edit]

(tree): chestnut tree

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from chestnut (noun)

Descendants[edit]

→ Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ (cesṭanaṭ)

Translations[edit]

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)

Hijazi Arabic: أبو فَرْوَة‎ m (ʼabu farwa), كستنا‎ f (kastana)
Armenian: շագանակ (hy) (šaganak)
Middle Armenian: շահպալութ (šahpalutʿ)
Asturian: castaña (ast) f
Azerbaijani: şabalıd (az)
Belarusian: кашта́н m (kaštán)
Bengali: বাদামী (bādāmī)
Bulgarian: ке́стен (bg) m (késten)
Catalan: castanya (ca) f
Cherokee: ᏘᎵ (tili)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 栗子 (leot⁶ zi²)

Mandarin: 板栗 (zh) (bǎnlì), 栗子 (zh) (lìzi)
Cornish: kestenen f
Czech: kaštan (cs) m
Danish: kastanje c
Dutch: kastanje (nl) f, tamme kastanje f
Esperanto: kaŝtano (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
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)
Ancient: κάστανον n (kástanon)
Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can
Gujarati: ચેસ્ટનટ (cēsṭanaṭa)
Hebrew: ערמון‎ (he) m (armon)
Hungarian: gesztenye (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Ido: kastano (io)
Irish: please add this translation if you can

Italian: castagna (it) f
Japanese: 栗 (ja) (kuri)
Korean: 밤 (ko) (bam)
Kurdish: kestane (ku) f, berû (ku) f
Lao: ໝາກກໍ່ໜາມ (mak ko nam)
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
Northern Sami: please add this translation if you can
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: เกาลัด (th) (gao-lát)
Turkish: kestane (tr)
Ukrainian: кашта́н m (kaštán)
Vietnamese: hạt dẻ
Volapük: kätan, kätuk
Walloon: cascagne (wa) f
Welsh: please add this translation if you can

reddish-brown colour

Armenian: շագանակագույն (hy) (šaganakaguyn)
Asturian: marrón m
Bulgarian: кестеняв (kestenjav)
Catalan: castany m, marró (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 栗色 (zh) (lìsè)
Czech: kaštanově hnědá f
Danish: kastanjebrun
Dutch: kastanjebruin (nl) n
Finnish: kastanjanruskea (fi), 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, kastanj (sv)
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)
Finnish: kastanja (fi), kastanjapuu (fi)
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)
Swedish: kastanj (sv) c
Turkish: kestane (tr)

Adjective[edit]

chestnut (not comparable)

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

Translations[edit]

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 (fi), 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[edit]

castanet

See also[edit]

chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

Chesnutt

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