Nut
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English
Etymology
From Middle English nute, from Old English hnutu.
Pronunciation
- AHD: nŭt
- IPA: /nʌt/
- SAMPA: /nVt/
Noun
nut (plural: nuts)
- A hard-shelled seed.
- A device with internal threading intended to fit onto a bolt.
- An insane person.
- (slang) Testicle.
- (slang) Head.
Translations
- Anglo-Saxon: hnutu f
- Breton: kraoñ collective noun kraoñenn singular f (1), kraouenn f -où pl (2), brizh-sod (3), kell f divgell pl (4)
- Dutch: noot
- Finnish: pähkinä (1), mutteri (2), hullu (3), pöpi (3), muna (4), palli (4), kaali (5)
- French: noix f
- German: Nuss f
- Interlingua: nuce (1); matre vite (2); folle (3); teste (4), testiculo (4)
- Italian: noce f
- Latin: nux (1)
- Latvian: rieksts m (1), uzgrieznis m (2), trakais m (3), jucis m (3), pauts m (usually pl. - pauti) (4)
- Polish: orzech m (1), nakrętka f (2), świr m (3)
- Portuguese: noz f (1); porca f (2); louco m (3), doido m (3), maluco m (3); bago m (4), ovo m (4)
- Romanian: nucă f (1), piuliţă f (2), nebun m (3) ţicnit m (3)
- Russian: орех m (1), гайка (gaika/gajka) f (2), сумасшедший (sumasshedshij) m / сумасшедшая (sumasshedshaya) f (3), яйцо (yaitso) n (4)
- Spanish: nuez (1), tuerca (2), chiflado (3), chalado (3), cojone (4), huevo (4)
- Tok Pisin: nat (2), longlongman (3), kiau (4), het (5)
Related terms
Verb
to nut
- (slang) to hit with the head, to headbutt
- (slang) to ejaculate
Dutch
Noun
nut n
