coconut

English

Beached coconut.

Ivorian coconut.

Alternative forms

• cocoanut (dated)

Etymology

From coco +‎ nut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯.kə.nʌt]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰəʉ̯.kə.nʌt]

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

coconut (countable and uncountable, plural coconuts)

1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
3. (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
4. The coconut palm.
5. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside.
6. (South Africa, Australia, derogatory) A black person who thinks or acts "white" (European).
   • 8 June 2016, "Containment", Cleverman episode 2 (Waruu West speaking to half-brother Koen West)

     Your mum is a white whore, you coconut.

7. (New Zealand, derogatory) A Pacific islander.
8. (slang) A female breast.
9. (slang) The human head (often used in cricket broadcasts when a ball hits or nearly hits a batsman on the head).
   • 2007, Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness #2, page 19

     [Ashley J. Williams shoots a zombified version of the Winter Soldier in the head.]

     Dazzler: Oh my God...thank you! I-i-is he--

     Ashley J. Williams: A double-barrel boomstick blast straight through the coconut? Trust me, babe--he's not comin' back from that one.

Coordinate terms

• (acting white): banana, Oreo, Twinkie

Derived terms

• coconut milk
• coconutty

Translations

fruit of coco palm

• 'Are'are: niu
• Acehnese: u
• Afrikaans: kokosneut
• Aklanon: niyóg
• Albanian: kokosit
• Anuta: niu
• Arabic: جَوْزَةُ اَلْهِنْد f (jawzatu l-hind), نَارْجِيل f (nārjīl), جَوْز الْهِنْد (jawz al-hind)
• Armenian: կոկոս (hy) (kokos), հնդկական ընկույզ (hndkakan ənkuyz), հնդկընկույզ (hy) (hndkənkuyz)
• Arosi: niu
• Assamese: নাৰিকল (narikol) (dry skinned), ডাব (dab) (not dry skinned)
• Asturian: cocu m
• Banjarese: nyiur
• Basque: koko
• Belarusian: како́савы арэ́х m (kakósavy aréx), како́с m (kakós)
• Brunei Malay: piasau, kelapa
• Bughotu: niu
• Bulgarian: коко́с m (kokós), коко́сов оре́х m (kokósov oréh)
• Burmese: အုန်း (my) (un:)
• Bwanabwana: niu
• Casiguran Dumagat Agta: niyóg
• Catalan: coco (ca) m
• Cebuano: lubi
• Central Bontoc: ʔinyug
• Central Melanau: benyoh
• Chamicuro: koko
• Chamorro: niyok
• Chichewa: kokonati
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 椰子 (je⁴ zi²)

  Hakka: 椰仔 (yà-é)

  Mandarin: 椰子 (zh) (yēzi)

  Min Nan: 椰仔 (iâ-á), 椰子 (zh-min-nan) (iâ-chí), 鱟薸／鲎薸, 鲎薸 (hǎu-phiô) (Lugang)

• Cree: poskwahwew (poskwahwew)
• Czech: kokos m, kokosový ořech m
• Danish: kokosnød (da) c
• Dhivehi: ކުރުނބާ (kuruᵐbā)
• Dupaningan Agta: niyóg
• Dutch: kokosnoot (nl) f
• East Futuna: niu
• Esperanto: kokoso, kokosnukso
• Estonian: kookospähkel (et)
• Faroese: kokusnøt f
• Fijian: niu (fj)
• Finnish: kookospähkinä (fi)
• French: noix de coco (fr) f
• Gedaged: niu
• Gela: niu
• Georgian: ქოქოსი (kokosi)
• German: Kokosnuss (de) f
• Gilbertese: uaa ni
• Greek: καρύδα (el) f (karýda)
• Greenlandic: qaqqortariarsuaq
• Hanunoo: niyúg
• Haitian Creole: kokoye
• Hawaiian: niu
• Hebrew: קוקוס (he) m (kokus)
• Hiligaynon: niyúg
• Hindi: नारिकेल (hi) (nārikel)
• Hungarian: kókusz (hu)
• Hunsrik: Kokes n
• Icelandic: kókoshneta (is) f
• Ida'an: niug
• Ido: kokoso (io)
• Ilocano: nióg
• Indonesian: kelapa (id)
• Italian: noce di cocco (it) f
• Ivatan: niyoy
• Japanese: ココナッツ (kokonattsu), 椰子の実 (やしのみ, yashi no mi)
• Javanese: klapa, krambil
• Kairiru: niu
• Kannada: ತೆಂಗು (kn) (teṅgu), ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (kn) (teṅginakāyi), ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (kn) (nārikēḷa)
• Kapampangan: ngungut
• Kapingamarangi: niu
• Khmer: ដូង (km) (doung)
• Kilivila: nuya
• Korean: 코코넛 (ko) (kokoneot)
• Kuna: ogup
• Kwaio: niu
• Lao: ນາລິກາ (nā li kā), ພ້າວ (phāo), ໝາກພ້າວ (lo) (māk phāo)
• Low German: Kokosnööt f
• Lun Bawang: fiasau
• Lusi: niu
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• Luxembourgish: Kokosnoss f
• Macedonian: ко́кос m (kókos), ко́косов о́рев m (kókosov órev)
• Malagasy: voaniho (mg)
• Malay: kelapa, nyiur, kerambil
• Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് (ml) (teṅṅŭ)
• Maltese: kokonat, ġewża ta’ l-Indi
• Manam: niu
• Manx: cro bainney m
• Maori: kokonati, niu
• Mapun: niyug
• Maranao: niog
• Marshallese: ni
• Mbula: ni
• Minangkabau: karambia, kalapo
• Mokilese: ni
• Mongolian: наргил (mn) (nargil)
• Motu: niu
• Navajo: mágí bichʼiyąʼ
• Niuean: niu
• Norman: cocannette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kokosnøtt m or f

  Nynorsk: kokosnøtt f

• Ojibwe: gichi-mitigwaabaagomin
• Palauan: lius
• Palawan Batak: niyóg
• Pangasinan: nióg
• Persian: نارگیل (fa) (nârgêl)
• Pohnpeian: nih
• Polish: kokos (pl) m, orzech kokosowy m
• Portuguese: coco (pt) m
• Pukapukan: niu
• Rapa Nui: niu
• Rennellese: niu
• Romanian: nucă de cocos (ro) f
• Romansch: nusch da cocos m, nusch cocos m, cocos, nousch da cocos m
• Rotuman: niu
• Russian: коко́с (ru) m (kokós), коко́совый оре́х (ru) m (kokósovyj oréx)
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• Sa'a: niu
• Samoan: niu (sm)
• Sanskrit: खानोदक (sa) (khānodaka)
• Sebop: bunyo
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кокос m, кокосов орах m

  Roman: kokos (sh) m, kokosov orah m

• Shan: ဢုၼ် (ʼǔn)
• Sinhalese: පොල් (si) (pol)
• Slovak: kokos m, kokosový orech m
• Slovene: kokosov oreh m, kokos (sl) m
• Somali: qumbe n, qumbaha pl, qumbe
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kokosowy wórjech m

  Upper Sorbian: kokosowy worjech m

• Spanish: coco (es) m
• Sundanese: kalapa
• Swahili: nazi (sw), dafu
• Swedish: kokosnöt (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: piasau, nizuw
• Tagalog: niyóg
• Tahitian: niu
• Tajik: норҷил (norjil), норьил (noril)
• Tamil: தேங்காய் (ta) (tēṅkāy)
• Tausug: niyug
• Telugu: కొబ్బరి (te) (kobbari)
• Tetum: nuu, nuu-fuan
• Thai: มะพร้าว (th) (má-práao)
• To'abaita: niu
• Tombonuo: niuw
• Tongan: niu
• Turkish: Hindistan cevizi (tr)
• Tuvaluan: niu
• Ukrainian: коко́с m (kokós), коко́совий горі́х m (kokósovyj horíx)
• Vietnamese: (trái / quả) dừa (vi)
• Volapük: kokot (vo)
• Waray-Waray: lubí
• Welsh: cneuen goco (cy) f
• West Coast Bajau: soka'
• Woleaian: liu
• Wolof: koko (wo)
• Yapese: niiw

shelled seed

• Armenian: կոկոս (hy) (kokos), հնդկական ընկույզ (hndkakan ənkuyz), հնդկընկույզ (hy) (hndkənkuyz)
• Basque: koko
• Bulgarian: коко́с m (kokós), коко́сов оре́х m (kokósov oréh)
• Chamicuro: koko
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椰種／椰种, 椰种 (yēzhǒng)

• Danish: kokosnød (da) c
• Esperanto: kokoso
• Finnish: kookospähkinä (fi)
• Georgian: ქოქოსი (kokosi)
• Indonesian: kelapa (id)
• Javanese: krambil, klapa
• Kannada: ತೆಂಗು (kn) (teṅgu), ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (kn) (teṅginakāyi), ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (kn) (nārikēḷa)
• Khmer: ដូង (km) (doung)
• Korean: 코코넛 (ko) (kokoneot)
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• Lao: ກະນານ (ka nān)
• Macedonian: ко́кос m (kókos), ко́косов о́рев m (kókosov órev)
• Manx: cro bainney m
• Persian: نارگیل (fa) (nârgil)
• Portuguese: coco (pt) m
• Russian: коко́с (ru) m (kokós), коко́совый оре́х (ru) m (kokósovyj oréx)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кокос m, кокосов орах m

  Roman: kokos (sh) m, kokosov orah m

• Swedish: kokosnöt (sv) c
• Thai: มะพร้าว (th) (má-práao)
• Ukrainian: коко́с m (kokós), коко́совий горі́х m (kokósovyj horíx)
• Vietnamese: (sọ) dừa (vi)
• Welsh: cneuen goco (cy) f

edible flesh of coconut fruit

• Armenian: կոկոս (hy) (kokos)
• Basque: koko
• Bulgarian: коко́с m (kokós)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椰子肉 (yēziròu)

• Danish: kokos c
• Dutch: kokos (nl)
• Esperanto: kokoso
• Finnish: kopra (fi), kookospähkinä (fi)
• Greek: ινδική καρύδα f (indikí karýda)
• Kannada: ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (kn) (teṅginakāyi), ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (kn) (nārikēḷa)
• Macedonian: ко́кос m (kókos)
• Manx: cro bainney m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kokos m

  Nynorsk: kokos m

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• Persian: نارگیل (fa) (nârgil)
• Portuguese: coco (pt) m
• Russian: коко́с (ru) m (kokós)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кокос m

  Roman: kokos (sh) m

• Swedish: kokos (sv)
• Thai: เนื้อมะพร้าว
• Ukrainian: коко́с m (kokós)
• Vietnamese: cơm dừa (vi)
• Welsh: cnau coco (cy) pl

coconut palm — see coconut palm

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Kuna: ^{(please verify)} okob, ^{(please verify)} ogob
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• Southern Thai: ^{(please verify)} พร้าว

See also

• (cultural pejoratives): banana, Oreo

Further reading

• coconut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia