walnut
/ˈwɔlnət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Example Sentences
- "A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists."
Etymology
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts (literally “foreigner-nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: walnote, wealhhnutu, *walhahnuts
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɔlnət/
- British English: /ˈwɔːlnʌt/