pistachio

See also: pistáchio

English

Pistachio tree

Pistachio fruits

Etymology

From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته‎ (pista), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فستق‎ (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃi.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/, /pɪsˈtɑʃioʊ/

Noun

pistachio (plural pistachios or pistachioes)

1. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
2. The nutlike fruit of this tree.
3. (color) A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.

   Synonym: pistachio green

   pistachio:  

Derived terms

• Chinese pistachio (Pistachia chinensis)
• ground pistachio (Arachis hypogaea)

Translations

tree

• Albanian: fistík m
• Armenian: պիստակենի (hy) (pistakeni)
• Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxer m
• Czech: pistácie (cs) f
• Esperanto: pistakujo
• Estonian: harilik pistaatsia
• Finnish: mantelipistaasi
• German: Pistazienbaum m
• Greek: φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá)

  Ancient: πιστάκη f (pistákē)

• Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā)
• Icelandic: pistasíutré n
• Italian: pistacchio (it) m
• Kazakh: пісте (kk) (piste)
• Korean: 피스타치오 나무 (piseutachio namu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku)

• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ф’стак m (f’stak), фастак f (fastak)
• Marathi: पिस्ता (pistā)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m

  Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m

• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: پسته‎ (fa) (peste)
• Polish: pistacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m
• Russian: фиста́шковое де́рево n (fistáškovoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m, пистач m (Croatia)

  Roman: trišlja f, pistać m, pistač (sh) m (Croatia)

• Slovak: pistácia f
• Slovene: pistacija (sl) f
• Spanish: pistachero m, alfóncigo m
• Swahili: mfistiki
• Swedish: pistaschträd (sv) n, pistasch (sv) c
• Tagalog: pistatso
• Turkish: fıstık (tr), antep fıstığı
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: پستہ‎ m (pistā)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

fruit

• Arabic: فُسْتُق‎ m (fustuq)

  Egyptian Arabic: فستق‎ m (fustuʾ)

  Hijazi Arabic: فُسْتُق‎ m (fustug)

• Armenian: պիստակ (hy) (pistak)
• Azerbaijani: püstə (az)
• Bulgarian: шам фъстък m (šam fǎstǎk)
• Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 開心果, 开心果 (hoi¹ sam¹ gwo²)

  Mandarin: 開心果 (zh), 开心果 (zh) (kāixīnguǒ)

• Crimean Tatar: fıstıq
• Czech: pistácie (cs) f
• Danish: pistacie, pistacienød c
• Dutch: pistache (nl)
• Esperanto: pistako (eo)
• Estonian: pistaatsiapähkel
• Faroese: pistasiunøt f
• Finnish: pistaasipähkinä
• French: pistache (fr) f
• German: Pistazie (de) f
• Greek: φιστίκι (el) n (fistíki), φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá)

  Ancient: πιστάκιον n (pistákion)

• Hebrew: פיסטוק‎ (he)
• Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā)
• Hungarian: pisztácia (hu)
• Icelandic: pistasíuhneta f, pistasía f
• Italian: pistacchio (it) m
• Japanese: ピスタチオ (pisutachio)
• Kazakh: пісте (kk) (piste)
• Korean: 피스타치오 (piseutachio)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پستھ‎ (pistih)

  Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku)

• Luxembourgish: Pistache f
• Macedonian: ф'стак m (f'stak)
• Malay: kacang cerdik, pistacio
• Marathi: पिस्ता n (pistā)
• Middle Persian: pstk' (pistag)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m

  Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m

• Persian: پسته‎ (fa) (peste)
• Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ m (pistā)
• Polish: pistacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m
• Romanian: fistic (ro) n
• Romansch: pistazia f
• Russian: фиста́шка (ru) f (fistáška)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m

  Roman: trišlja f, pistać m

• Slovene: pistacija (sl) f
• Spanish: pistacho (es) m, alfóncigo m, alfónsigo m
• Swahili: fistiki
• Swedish: pistasch (sv), pistaschnöt (sv) c
• Tagalog: pistatso
• Tajik: писта (pista)
• Thai: พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo)
• Turkish: fıstık (tr)
• Urdu: پستہ‎ m (pistā)
• Vietnamese: hạt dẻ
• Yiddish: פֿיסטאַשקע‎ f (fistashke)

Further reading

• pistachio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pastichio