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beechnut

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈbiːt͡ʃˌnʌt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible nut

History

Etymology

From beech + nut.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ашәаӷь (aŝwağj) — nut of the beech tree
  • Abkhaz: ашәрыц (aŝwrəc) — nut of the beech tree
  • Aragonese: fabo — nut of the beech tree
  • Asturian: fabucu — nut of the beech tree
  • Asturian: fayucu — nut of the beech tree
  • Basque: pagatxa — nut of the beech tree
  • Bulgarian: буков жълъд (bukov žǎlǎd) — nut of the beech tree
  • Catalan: faja — nut of the beech tree
  • Czech: bukvice — nut of the beech tree
  • Danish: bog — nut of the beech tree
  • Dutch: beukennootje — nut of the beech tree
  • Esperanto: fagonukso — nut of the beech tree
  • Finnish: pyökinpähkinä — nut of the beech tree
  • French: faine — nut of the beech tree
  • French: faîne — nut of the beech tree
  • Galician: favuco — nut of the beech tree
  • Georgian: წიფლის თხილი (c̣iplis txili) — nut of the beech tree
  • Georgian: წიწიბო (c̣ic̣ibo) — nut of the beech tree
  • German: Buchecker — nut of the beech tree
  • German: Buechnüssli — nut of the beech tree
  • German: Buchele — nut of the beech tree
  • Bavarian German: Buachegga — nut of the beech tree
  • Bavarian German: Buachl — nut of the beech tree
  • Bavarian German: Buachal — nut of the beech tree
  • Hungarian: bükkmakk — nut of the beech tree
  • Ido: fagonuco — nut of the beech tree
  • Ido: fagofrukto — nut of the beech tree
  • Italian: faggiola — nut of the beech tree
  • Italian: faggina — nut of the beech tree
  • Manx: cro faih — nut of the beech tree
  • Mingrelian: წიფურიშ თხირი (c̣ipuriš txiri) — nut of the beech tree
  • Mingrelian: წიფურიშ კაკალი (c̣ipuriš ḳaḳali) — nut of the beech tree
  • Polish: orzeszek bukowy — nut of the beech tree
  • Polish: orzeszek buczynowy — nut of the beech tree
  • Polish: bukiew — nut of the beech tree
  • Polish: buczyna — nut of the beech tree
  • Romanian: jir — nut of the beech tree
  • Russian: бу́ковый оре́х (búkovyj oréx) — nut of the beech tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу̏квица — nut of the beech tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȕkvica — nut of the beech tree
  • Slovak: bukvica — nut of the beech tree
  • Slovene: žir — nut of the beech tree
  • Slovene: bukov žir — nut of the beech tree
  • Slovene: búkəvca — nut of the beech tree
  • Spanish: hayuco — nut of the beech tree
  • Swedish: bokollon — nut of the beech tree
  • Turkish: kayın ağacı meyvesi — nut of the beech tree
  • Welsh: cneuen ffawydd — nut of the beech tree