pistache

English

Noun

pistache (plural pistaches)

1. Archaic form of pistachio.

Anagrams

• capeshit, hepatics, pastiche, scaphite

Dutch

Etymology

From French pistache, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtɑʃ/

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Noun

pistache f (plural pistaches, no diminutive)

1. the pistachio tree (Pistacia vera)
2. its greenish, edible nut-like fruit; also sugared etc. as candy
3. a sweet resembling the above candy
4. the fruit's taste, also as a flavor, notably of ice cream

   Twee bollen vanille en één pistache, graag

   Two scoops vanilla and one pistaccio, please

Synonyms

• (tree and fruit) pimpernoot, groene amandel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan pistacio, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.taʃ/

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Noun

pistache f (plural pistaches)

1. pistachio (nut)
2. (Louisiana, Missouri, Mauritian Creole) peanut

Derived terms

• pistachier m (“Pistacia vera (tree)”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: pistache
• → Finnish: pistaasi
• → Irish: piostáis
• → Luxembourgish: Pistasch
• → Norwegian Bokmål: pistasj
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: pistasj
• → Portuguese: pistache
• → Spanish: pistacho, pistache
  • → Tagalog: pistatso
• → Swedish: pistasch

Further reading

• “pistache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• chipâtes

Portuguese

Pistacia vera

Alternative forms

• pistácia, pistácio, pistacho, pistacha, pistáchio
• pistáchis (rare)

Etymology

From French pistache, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈtat.ʃɨ/

Noun

pistache m (plural pistaches)

1. pistachio (Pistacia vera, a deciduous tree)
2. pistachio (the nut-like fruit of the pistachio tree)

Further reading

• “pistache”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pistache”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtat͡ʃe/ [pisˈt̪a.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: pis‧ta‧che

Noun

pistache m (plural pistaches)

1. alternative form of pistacho

Further reading

• “pistache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025