Phrase guide

coconut palm

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

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  • kō′kə-nŭt päm′
  • -nət-
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɑːm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-nət-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌkoʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɑm/
  • Canada, General-American, also: /ˌkoʊ̯.kə.nʌt ˈpɒm/
  • Canada, General-American: /-nət-/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌkɐʉ̯.kə.nɐt ˈpɐːm/
  • Australian, New-Zealand, also: /ˌkəʉ̯.kə.nɐt ˈpɐːm/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /-nət-/
  • Scotland: /ˌko.kə.nʌt ˈpam/
  • Scotland: /ˌko.kʌ.nʌt ˈpam/
  • Scotland: /-nət-/
  • Scotland: /-nʌt-/
  • India: /ˌkoː.ko.nəʈ ˈpɑːm/
  • India: /-nuʈ-/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The tropical palm tree Cocos nucifera, having feathery leaves and bearing coconuts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coconut, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: palm, palm tree

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կոկոսյան արմավենի (kokosyan armaveni) — Cocos nucifera
  • Asturian: cocoteru — Cocos nucifera
  • Basque: kokondo — Cocos nucifera
  • Belarusian: какосавая пальма (kakósavaja palʹma) — Cocos nucifera
  • Bulgarian: коко́сова па́лма (kokósova pálma) — Cocos nucifera
  • Burmese: အုန်း (un:) — Cocos nucifera
  • Catalan: cocoter — Cocos nucifera
  • Chinese Cantonese: 椰子樹 /椰子树 (je4 zi2 syu6) — Cocos nucifera
  • Chinese: 椰子樹 /椰子树 (iâ-chí-chhiū) — Cocos nucifera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 椰子樹 /椰子树 (yēzishù) — Cocos nucifera
  • Czech: kokosovník — Cocos nucifera
  • Czech: kokosová palma — Cocos nucifera
  • Danish: kokospalme — Cocos nucifera
  • Dutch: kokospalm — Cocos nucifera
  • Esperanto: kokospalmo — Cocos nucifera
  • Esperanto: kokosarbo — Cocos nucifera
  • Esperanto: kokosujo — Cocos nucifera
  • Finnish: kookospalmu — Cocos nucifera
  • French: cocotier — Cocos nucifera
  • Georgian: ქოქოსის პალმა (kokosis ṗalma) — Cocos nucifera
  • German: Kokospalme — Cocos nucifera
  • German: Kokosnusspalme — Cocos nucifera
  • Greek: κοκοφοίνικας (kokofoínikas) — Cocos nucifera
  • Paraguayan Guarani: mbokaja — Cocos nucifera
  • Haitian Creole: pye kokoye — Cocos nucifera
  • Hungarian: kókuszpálma — Cocos nucifera
  • Hunsrik: Kokesbaam — Cocos nucifera
  • Iaai: nu — Cocos nucifera
  • Ido: kokosiero — Cocos nucifera
  • Indonesian: pohon kelapa — Cocos nucifera
  • Interlingua: coco — Cocos nucifera
  • Irish: pailm cnó cócó — Cocos nucifera
  • Irish: crann cnó cócó — Cocos nucifera
  • Italian: palma da cocco — Cocos nucifera
  • Italian: cocco — Cocos nucifera
  • Japanese: ココ椰子 (kokoyashi) — Cocos nucifera
  • Khmer: ដើមដូង (daəm dooŋ) — Cocos nucifera
  • Lao: ພ້າວ (phāo) — Cocos nucifera
  • Macedonian: кокосова палма (kokosova palma) — Cocos nucifera
  • Malay: pokok kelapa — Cocos nucifera
  • Malayalam: തെങ്ങ് (teṅṅŭ) — Cocos nucifera
  • Maltese: kokonat — Cocos nucifera
  • Māori: niu — Cocos nucifera
  • Māori: rākau niu — Cocos nucifera
  • Mon: တၞံသတ်ဗြဴ — Cocos nucifera
  • Mongolian: бэт (bet) — Cocos nucifera
  • Mwani: nnazi — Cocos nucifera
  • Navajo: atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí — Cocos nucifera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kokospalme — Cocos nucifera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kokospalme — Cocos nucifera
  • Pali: nāḷikera — Cocos nucifera
  • Polish: kokos — Cocos nucifera
  • Polish: kokosowiec — Cocos nucifera
  • Polish: kokosowiec właściwy — Cocos nucifera
  • Polish: kokos właściwy — Cocos nucifera
  • Polish: palma kokosowa — Cocos nucifera
  • Portuguese: coqueiro — Cocos nucifera
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਰੀਅਲ (nārīala) — Cocos nucifera
  • Romanian: cocotier — Cocos nucifera
  • Russian: коко́совая па́льма (kokósovaja pálʹma) — Cocos nucifera
  • Sanskrit: नारिकेल (nārikela) — Cocos nucifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: кокосова па̑лма — Cocos nucifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: kokosova pȃlma — Cocos nucifera
  • Slovak: kokosová palma — Cocos nucifera
  • Spanish: cocotero — Cocos nucifera
  • Swahili: mnazi — Cocos nucifera
  • Swedish: kokospalm — Cocos nucifera
  • Tagalog: niyog — Cocos nucifera
  • Tamil: சோசம் (cōcam) — Cocos nucifera
  • Tamil: தென்னை (teṉṉai) — Cocos nucifera
  • Tamil: தெங்கு (teṅku) — Cocos nucifera
  • Tausug: niyug — Cocos nucifera
  • Telugu: కొబ్బరి చెట్టు (kobbari ceṭṭu) — Cocos nucifera
  • Thai: ต้นมะพร้าว (dtóhn má-práao) — Cocos nucifera
  • Tibetan: ན་རི་ཀེ་ལ་ (na ri ke la) — Cocos nucifera
  • Turkish: Hindistan cevizi — Cocos nucifera
  • Ukrainian: коко́с (kokós) — Cocos nucifera
  • Ukrainian: коко́сова па́льма (kokósova pálʹma) — Cocos nucifera
  • Urdu: نَارِیَل (nāriyal) — Cocos nucifera
  • Vietnamese: (cây) dừa — Cocos nucifera
  • Volapük: kokotapam — Cocos nucifera
  • Volapük: kokotep — Cocos nucifera
  • Welsh: palmwydden goco — Cocos nucifera