Phrase guide

betel nut

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm; wrapped in the leaves of the betel pepper and chewed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

seed of betel palm; chewed with leaves of the betel pepper and lime as a digestive stimulant and narcotic in southeastern Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: areca nut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible seed

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَوْفَل (fawfal) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Assamese: তামোল (tamül) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Assamese: গুৱা (gua) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Burmese: ကွမ်းသီး (kwam:si:) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Chinese Cantonese: 檳榔 /槟榔 — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Chinese: 檳榔 /槟榔 (zh-min-nan) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檳榔果 /槟榔果 (bīnglángguǒ) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Chuukese: pu — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Ngazidja Comorian: popoo — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Ngazidja Comorian: pvopvoo — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Finnish: betelpähkinä — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • French: noix d’arec — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • German: Betelnuss — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Gujarati: સોપારી (sopārī) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Hindi: सुपारी (supārī) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Hindi: छाली (chālī) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Hindi: ताम्बूल (tāmbūl) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Hindi: पान (pān) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Hungarian: bételdió — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Japanese: 檳榔子 (binrouji) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • S'gaw Karen: သဲးသၣ် (theḧ thà) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Khmer: ស្លា (slaa) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Lao: ສລາ (sa lā) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Makasar: rappo — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Malay: pinang — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Malayalam: അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Manx: cro beetyl — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Mizo: kuhva — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Mokilese: pwu — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Tagal Murut: penaŋ — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Pazeh: pineng — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Persian: فوفل (fufal) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Persian: پوپل (pupal) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Persian: سوپاری (supâri) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Pohnpeian: pwuh — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Polish: orzech arekowy — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Russian: бете́льный оре́х (betélʹnyj oréx) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Russian: оре́х бете́ль (oréx betélʹ) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Savosavo: bekeni — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Spanish: nuez de areca — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Swahili: popoo — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Swedish: betelnöt — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Sylheti: ꠉꠥꠀ (gua) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Tamil: அடைக்காய் (aṭaikkāy) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Tamil: பாக்கு (pākku) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Telugu: పోక (pōka) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Thai: หมาก (màak) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Tibetan: གོ་ཡུ (go yu) — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Vietnamese: quả cau — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Woleaian: bbuw — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm
  • Zhuang: maklangz — An egg-shaped seed of the betel palm