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hazelnut

noun · 3 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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzəlnʌt/
  • General-American: /ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 Z AH0 L N AH2 T 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

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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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hazel, hazelnut tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nut tree

Narrower terms: American hazel, Corylus americana, cobnut, filbert, Corylus avellana, Corylus avellana grandis, beaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta

History

Etymology

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
  • Thai: ลูกฮาเซลนัท (lôok haa sennát) — fruit
  • Tsakhur: эракь (eraq̇) — fruit
  • Tsakhur: аӏракь (aʕraq̇) — fruit
  • Turkish: fındık — fruit
  • Ottoman Turkish: فندق (fındık) — fruit
  • Udi: ерекъ (ereq̇) — fruit
  • Urdu: ہیزلنٹ — fruit
  • Venetan: noxeła — fruit
  • Venetan: nisoła — fruit
  • Venetan: olana — fruit
  • Vietnamese: hạt phỉ — fruit
  • Volapük: vaälanötaker — fruit
  • Welsh: cneuen gyll — fruit