noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈheɪzəlnʌt/
General-American:/ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The fruit of the hazel, especially of species Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
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
nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: filbert, cobnut, cob
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edible nut
3
noun
Meaning 3
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Equivalent to hazel + nut; from Middle English haselnote, from Old English hæselhnutu (“hazelnut”). Cognate with West Frisian hazzenút (“hazelnut”), Saterland Frisian Hoaselnuute (“hazelnut”), Dutch hazelnoot, German Haselnuss.
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
hazelnoot
— fruit
Albanian:
lajthi
— fruit
Arabic:
بُنْدُق
(bunduq)
— fruit
Arabic:
بُنْدُقَة
(bunduqa)
— fruit
Arabic:
بندق
(bunduq)
— fruit
Aramaic:
ܦܢܕܩܐ
(pendəqā)
— fruit
Armenian:
պնդուկ
(pnduk)
— fruit
Armenian:
կաղին
(kaġin)
— fruit
Armenian:
տկողին
(tkoġin)
— fruit
Asturian:
ablana
— fruit
Azerbaijani:
fındıq
— fruit
Basque:
hur
— fruit
Bengali:
হ্যাজেল নাট
(hêjel naṭ)
— fruit
Breton:
kraoñenn-gelvez
— fruit
Bulgarian:
ле́шник
(léšnik)
— fruit
Bulgarian:
цариградски лешник
(carigradski lešnik)
— fruit
Catalan:
avellana
— fruit
Cherokee:
ᎠᏳᎩᏛ
(ayugidv)
— fruit
Chinese Cantonese:
榛子
(zeon1 zi2)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
榛子
(zhēnzi)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
榛果
(zhēnguǒ)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
榛仁
(zhēnrén)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
榛實 /榛实
(zhēnshí)
— fruit
Chinese Mandarin:
榛栗
(zhēnlì)
— fruit
Cornish:
know koll
— fruit
Cornish:
knowen goll
— fruit
Crimean Tatar:
fındıq
— fruit
Czech:
lískový ořech
— fruit
Danish:
hasselnød
— fruit
Dutch:
hazelnoot
— fruit
Erzya:
пеште
(pešte)
— fruit
Esperanto:
avelo
— fruit
Estonian:
sarapuupähkel
— fruit
Estonian:
metspähkel
— fruit
Faroese:
heslinøt
— fruit
Finnish:
hasselpähkinä
— fruit
Franco-Provençal:
nusèlye
— fruit
Franco-Provençal:
âlâgne
— fruit
French:
noisette
— fruit
French:
aveline
— fruit
Friulian:
nole
— fruit
Galician:
abelá
— fruit
Georgian:
თხილი
(txili)
— fruit
German:
Haselnuss
— fruit
Greek:
φουντούκι
(fountoúki)
— fruit
Ancient Greek:
Ποντικόν κάρυον
(Pontikón káruon)
— fruit
Hebrew:
אֱגוֹז לוּז
(egóz lúz)
— fruit
Hebrew:
אִלְסָר
(ilsár)
— fruit
Hiligaynon:
abelyána
— fruit
Hindi:
हेज़लनट
(hezalnaṭ)
— fruit
Hungarian:
mogyoró
— fruit
Hunsrik:
Hasselnuss
— fruit
Icelandic:
heslihneta
— fruit
Ido:
avelano
— fruit
Indonesian:
bunduk
— fruit
Irish:
cnó coill
— fruit
Irish:
cnó gaelach
— fruit
Italian:
nocciola
— fruit
Japanese:
ヘーゼルナッツ
(hēzerunattsu)
— fruit
Japanese:
榛
(hashibami)
— fruit
Kaitag:
силми́кк
(silmíkk)
— fruit
Korean:
헤이즐넛
(heijeulleot)
— fruit
Korean:
개암
(gaeam)
— fruit
Kyrgyz:
токой жаңгагы
(tokoy jaŋgagı)
— fruit
Ladin:
linciola
— fruit
Lao:
ຫມາກຮັດເຊລ
(māk hat sēn)
— fruit
Latin:
abellana
— fruit
Latvian:
rieksts
— fruit
Latvian:
lazdu rieksts
— fruit
Laz:
თხირი
(txiri)
— fruit
Lithuanian:
lazdyno riešutas
— fruit
Lithuanian:
riešutas
— fruit
Low German:
Hasselnööt
— fruit
Luxembourgish:
Hieselnoss
— fruit
Macedonian:
ле́шник
(léšnik)
— fruit
Malay:
kacang hazel
— fruit
Malayalam:
തെളിവും
(teḷivuṁ)
— fruit
Maltese:
ġellewża
— fruit
Manchu:
ᠰᡳᠰᡳ
(sisi)
— fruit
Manx:
cro coull
— fruit
Manx:
cro couyll
— fruit
Manx:
cro sharroo
— fruit
Manx:
cro keylley mooar
— fruit
Māori:
heinati
— fruit
Māori:
hānati
— fruit
Marathi:
कढई
(kaḍhaī)
— fruit
Mingrelian:
თხირი
(txiri)
— fruit
Classical Nahuatl:
caxtīllān tlalcacahuatl
— fruit
Navajo:
neeshchʼíínímazí
— fruit
Norman:
codrette
— fruit
Norwegian Bokmål:
hasselnøtt
— fruit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
haslenøtt
— fruit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hasselnøtt
— fruit
Occitan:
avelana
— fruit
Ojibwe:
bagaan
— fruit
Pannonian Rusyn:
лїсковец
(ljiskovec)
— fruit
Persian:
فندق
(fandoq)
— fruit
Middle Persian:
pndk' (pondik)
— fruit
Plautdietsch:
Hauselnät
— fruit
Polish:
orzech laskowy
— fruit
Portuguese:
avelã
— fruit
Romanian:
alună
— fruit
Romansh:
nitschola
— fruit
Romansh:
nitschoula
— fruit
Russian:
лесно́й оре́х
(lesnój oréx)
— fruit
Russian:
фунду́к
(fundúk)
— fruit
Russian:
оре́х
(oréx)
— fruit
Northern Sami:
niehtti
— fruit
Scottish Gaelic:
cnò challtainn
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
лешник
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
љешник
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
љешњак
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
lešnik
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
lješnik
— fruit
Serbo-Croatian:
lješnjak
— fruit
Sicilian:
nuzzola
— fruit
Sicilian:
nucidda
— fruit
Sicilian:
nucilla
— fruit
Sindhi:
ڦندڪ
(ph̃dk)
— fruit
Sindhi:
फंदक
(fandak)
— fruit
Slovak:
lieskový orech
— fruit
Slovene:
lešnik
— fruit
Lower Sorbian:
wórješk
— fruit
Lower Sorbian:
lěšćink
— fruit
Spanish:
avellana
— fruit
Svan:
შდიხ
(šdix)
— fruit
Swedish:
hasselnöt
— fruit
Tagalog:
abelyana
— fruit
Tajik:
фундуқ
(funduq)
— fruit
Tamil:
ஜாதிபத்திரி
(jātipattiri)
— fruit
Telugu:
లేత గోధుమ రంగు టెంకాయ
(lēta gōdhuma raṅgu ṭeṅkāya)
— fruit