acorn

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• General-American: /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/
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• General-American: /ˈeɪkɚn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ógr̥der.? Proto-Germanic *akraną Proto-West Germanic *akarn Old English æcern ▲ Middle English corninflu. Middle English acorn English acorn Inherited from Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną (“fruit; acorn, nut”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2égrō (“berry”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aicorn (“acorn”), Dutch aker (“acorn”), German Ecker (“acorn”), Danish agern (“acorn”), Faroese and Icelandic akarn (“acorn”), Norwegian Nynorsk åkorn (“acorn”), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”); Irish airne (“sloe”), Welsh aeron (“berries; small fruits”), eirin (“plums”), Latgalian ūga (“berry”), Latvian oga (“berry”), Lithuanian uoga (“berry”), Belarusian я́гада (jáhada, “berry”), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́года (jáhoda, “berry”), Czech and Slovak jahoda (“strawberry”), Macedonian ја́года (jágoda, “strawberry”), Polish and Slovene jagoda (“berry”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏года, jȁgoda (“strawberry”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B oko (“fruit”). Not related to Old English āc (“oak”), corn (“corn, seed”) or Middle English acquerne.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abenaki: wachil — fruit of the oak tree
• Afrikaans: akker — fruit of the oak tree
• Albanian: lende — fruit of the oak tree
• Albanian: gogël — fruit of the oak tree
• Western Apache: chíchʼil — fruit of the oak tree
• Western Apache: chíchnʼil — fruit of the oak tree
• Arabic: بَلُّوط (ballūṭ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Arabic: بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa) — fruit of the oak tree
• Arabic: بلوط (ballūṭ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Arabic: بلوطة (ballūṭa) — fruit of the oak tree
• Aragonese: ballota — fruit of the oak tree
• Armenian: կաղին (kaġin) — fruit of the oak tree
• Middle Armenian: պալուտ (palut) — fruit of the oak tree
• Aromanian: gljindã — fruit of the oak tree
• Aromanian: docãrã — fruit of the oak tree
• Aromanian: vãlani — fruit of the oak tree
• Asturian: llande — fruit of the oak tree
• Asturian: abeyota — fruit of the oak tree
• Asturian: abellota — fruit of the oak tree
• Azerbaijani: palıd qozası — fruit of the oak tree
• Basque: ezkur — fruit of the oak tree
• Belarusian: жо́луд (žólud) — fruit of the oak tree
• Breton: mez — fruit of the oak tree
• Bulgarian: жъ́лъд (žǎ́lǎd) — fruit of the oak tree
• Catalan: gla — fruit of the oak tree
• Catawba: tumo — fruit of the oak tree
• Cherokee: ᎫᎴ (gule) — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinese Cantonese: 橡子 (zoeng6 zi2) — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 橡子 (xiàngzǐ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 橡果 (xiàngguǒ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinook Jargon: k'anawi — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinook Jargon: k̓anawi — fruit of the oak tree
• Chinook Jargon: kʼanawi — fruit of the oak tree
• West Circassian: мышкӏу (məškwʼu) — fruit of the oak tree
• Czech: žalud — fruit of the oak tree
• Danish: agern — fruit of the oak tree
• Dhivehi: ކަށި ބުރޮޅި (kaṣi buroḷi) — fruit of the oak tree
• Dutch: eikel — fruit of the oak tree
• Esperanto: glano — fruit of the oak tree
• Estonian: tammetõru — fruit of the oak tree
• Faroese: akarn — fruit of the oak tree
• Faroese: eikinøt — fruit of the oak tree
• Finnish: tammenterho — fruit of the oak tree
• French: gland — fruit of the oak tree
• Saterland Frisian: Äkkene — fruit of the oak tree
• Friulian: gland — fruit of the oak tree
• Galician: belota — fruit of the oak tree
• Galician: landra — fruit of the oak tree
• Georgian: რკო (rḳo) — fruit of the oak tree
• German: Eichel — fruit of the oak tree
• Greek: βελανίδι (velanídi) — fruit of the oak tree
• Ancient Greek: βάλανος (bálanos) — fruit of the oak tree
• Hebrew: בַּלּוּט (balút) — fruit of the oak tree
• Hindi: बाँजफल (bāñjphal) — fruit of the oak tree
• Hopi: kwingyaptuva — fruit of the oak tree
• Hungarian: makk — fruit of the oak tree
• Icelandic: akarn — fruit of the oak tree
• Ido: glano — fruit of the oak tree
• Ingrian: tammipäähkänä — fruit of the oak tree
• Interlingua: glande — fruit of the oak tree
• Irish: dearcán — fruit of the oak tree
• Italian: ghianda — fruit of the oak tree
• Japanese: どんぐり (donguri) — fruit of the oak tree
• Japanese: 団栗 (donguri) — fruit of the oak tree
• Kazakh: емен жаңғағы (emen jañğağy) — fruit of the oak tree
• Korean: 도토리 (dotori) — fruit of the oak tree
• Central Kurdish: بەڕوو (berrû) — fruit of the oak tree
• Northern Kurdish: belot — fruit of the oak tree
• Kyrgyz: жёлудь (jyolud) — fruit of the oak tree
• Latgalian: zeile — fruit of the oak tree
• Latin: glans — fruit of the oak tree
• Latvian: zīle — fruit of the oak tree
• Latvian: ozolzīle — fruit of the oak tree
• Lezgi: мегъв (meġv) — fruit of the oak tree
• Lithuanian: gilė — fruit of the oak tree
• Luxembourgish: Eechel — fruit of the oak tree
• Macedonian: желад (želad) — fruit of the oak tree
• Macedonian: жир (žir) — fruit of the oak tree
• Malagasy: voan'oaka — fruit of the oak tree
• Māori: huaōki — fruit of the oak tree
• Central Mazahua: løjø — fruit of the oak tree
• Middle English: acorn — fruit of the oak tree
• Central Sierra Miwok: watýkˑa- — fruit of the oak tree
• Central Sierra Miwok: watýk·a- — fruit of the oak tree
• Mohegan-Pequot: anôhcum — fruit of the oak tree
• Nahuatl: ahuatomatl — fruit of the oak tree
• Classical Nahuatl: āhuacuauhtomatl — fruit of the oak tree
• Classical Nahuatl: āhuatomatl — fruit of the oak tree
• Navajo: chéchʼil binááʼ — fruit of the oak tree
• Neapolitan: ghiàndra — fruit of the oak tree
• Neapolitan: gliandra — fruit of the oak tree
• Norman: tchênelle — fruit of the oak tree
• Norwegian: kongle — fruit of the oak tree
• Norwegian: åkorn — fruit of the oak tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: eikenøtt — fruit of the oak tree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eikenøtt — fruit of the oak tree
• Occitan: agland — fruit of the oak tree
• Northern Ohlone: yuu — fruit of the oak tree
• Southern Ohlone: rappak — fruit of the oak tree
• Ojibwe: mitigomin — fruit of the oak tree
• Old Church Slavonic: желѫдь (želǫdĭ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Old English: æcern — fruit of the oak tree
• Omaha-Ponca: táshka — fruit of the oak tree
• Ossetian: гыркъо (gyrk’o) — fruit of the oak tree
• Panamint: wiyan — fruit of the oak tree
• Panamint: wiyampi — fruit of the oak tree
• Pawnee: patki — fruit of the oak tree
• Persian: بلوط (balut) — fruit of the oak tree
• Polabian: zelǫd — fruit of the oak tree
• Polish: żołądź — fruit of the oak tree
• Kashaya: biʔdu — fruit of the oak tree
• Portuguese: bolota — fruit of the oak tree
• Portuguese: lande — fruit of the oak tree
• Romanian: ghindă — fruit of the oak tree
• Romansh: glogn — fruit of the oak tree
• Romansh: glonda — fruit of the oak tree
• Romansh: glànd — fruit of the oak tree
• Romansh: glanda — fruit of the oak tree
• Russian: жёлудь (žóludʹ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Sardinian: landha — fruit of the oak tree
• Sardinian: landhe — fruit of the oak tree
• Sardinian: landi — fruit of the oak tree
• Scanian: agarn — fruit of the oak tree
• Scots: aicorn — fruit of the oak tree
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-dharaich — fruit of the oak tree
• Serbo-Croatian: жи̑р — fruit of the oak tree
• Serbo-Croatian: желуд — fruit of the oak tree
• Serbo-Croatian: žȋr — fruit of the oak tree
• Serbo-Croatian: želud — fruit of the oak tree
• Sicilian: ghianna — fruit of the oak tree
• Silesian: ajchel — fruit of the oak tree
• Slovak: žaluď — fruit of the oak tree
• Slovene: želod — fruit of the oak tree
• Lower Sorbian: žołź — fruit of the oak tree
• Upper Sorbian: žołdź — fruit of the oak tree
• Spanish: bellota — fruit of the oak tree
• Spanish: llande — fruit of the oak tree
• Spanish: lande — fruit of the oak tree
• Sudovian: gile — fruit of the oak tree
• Swedish: ekollon — fruit of the oak tree
• Tabasaran: мяхъв — fruit of the oak tree
• Tagalog: ensina — fruit of the oak tree
• Tagalog: belyota — fruit of the oak tree
• Tajik: балут (balut) — fruit of the oak tree
• Thai: ผลต้นโอ๊ก (pǒn-dtôn-óok) — fruit of the oak tree
• Tibetan: བེ་འབྲས — fruit of the oak tree
• Turkish: palamut — fruit of the oak tree
• Ottoman Turkish: پالاموت (palamut) — fruit of the oak tree
• Ottoman Turkish: پلیت (pelit) — fruit of the oak tree
• Ukrainian: жо́лудь (žóludʹ) — fruit of the oak tree
• Uyghur: دۇب ياڭىقى (dub ya'ngiqi) — fruit of the oak tree
• Uyghur: دۇب ئۇرۇقى (dub uruqi) — fruit of the oak tree
• Uyghur: توڭگۇز ياڭىقى (tongguz ya'ngiqi) — fruit of the oak tree
• Uyghur: بەللۇت (bellut) — fruit of the oak tree
• Uzbek: choʻchqayongʻoq — fruit of the oak tree
• Vietnamese: hạt sồi — fruit of the oak tree
• Vilamovian: achuł — fruit of the oak tree
• Volapük: kvär — fruit of the oak tree
• Volapük: gölogafluk — fruit of the oak tree
• Walloon: gland — fruit of the oak tree
• Welsh: mes — fruit of the oak tree
• Yiddish: חזיר־ניסל (khazer-nisl) — fruit of the oak tree