Phrase guide

horse chestnut

noun · 4 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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  • UK: /ˌhɔːs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌhɔɹs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The large nutlike seed of these trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Narrower terms: sweet buckeye, Ohio buckeye, dwarf buckeye, bottlebrush buckeye, red buckeye, particolored buckeye

4

noun

Meaning 4

the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buckeye, conker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: seed

History

Etymology

Calque of translingual Castanea equina (literally “equine chestnut”).

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: див кестен (div kesten) — tree
  • Bulgarian: конски кестен (konski kesten) — tree
  • Catalan: castanyer d'Índia — tree
  • Catalan: castanyer bord — tree
  • Dutch: paardenkastanje — tree
  • Esperanto: hipokaŝtano — tree
  • Finnish: hevoskastanja — tree
  • French: marronnier — tree
  • French: marronnier d’Inde — tree
  • German: Rosskastanie — tree
  • German: Kastanie — tree
  • Greek: αγριοκαστανιά (agriokastaniá) — tree
  • Hungarian: vadgesztenyefa — tree
  • Hungarian: gesztenyefa — tree
  • Irish: crann cnó capaill — tree
  • Italian: ippocastano — tree
  • Italian: castagno d'India — tree
  • Korean: 칠엽수 (chiryeopsu) — tree
  • Latin: castanea equina — tree
  • Latin: castanea — tree
  • Macedonian: див костен (div kosten) — tree
  • Norman: chât'nyi à j'va — tree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hestekastanje — tree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hestekastanje — tree
  • Polish: kasztanowiec — tree
  • Portuguese: castanha-da-índia — tree
  • Portuguese: castanheira-da-índia — tree
  • Portuguese: castanheiro-da-índia — tree
  • Romanian: castan — tree
  • Romanian: castan sălbatic — tree
  • Russian: ко́нский кашта́н (kónskij kaštán) — tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich — tree
  • Slovak: pagaštan konský — tree
  • Spanish: castaño de Indias — tree
  • Swedish: hästkastanj — tree
  • Turkish: at kestanesi — tree
  • Turkish: Hint kestanesi — tree
  • Ottoman Turkish: آت كستانهسی (at kestanesi) — tree
  • Volapük: skäulep — tree
  • Volapük: skäulabim — tree
  • Welsh: castanwydden y meirch — tree
  • Welsh: marchgastanwydden — tree
  • Bulgarian: див кестен (div kesten) — seed
  • Bulgarian: конски кестен (konski kesten) — seed
  • Finnish: hevoskastanja — seed
  • French: marron — seed
  • French: marron d’Inde — seed
  • German: Rosskastanie — seed
  • German: Kastanie — seed
  • Hungarian: vadgesztenye — seed
  • Hungarian: gesztenye — seed
  • Irish: cnó capaill — seed
  • Italian: castagna d'India — seed
  • Macedonian: див костен (div kosten) — seed
  • Manx: castan ny gabbil — seed
  • Polish: kasztan — seed
  • Portuguese: castanha-da-índia — seed
  • Russian: ко́нский кашта́н (kónskij kaštán) — seed
  • Spanish: castaña de Indias — seed
  • Swedish: hästkastanj — seed
  • Turkish: at kestanesi — seed
  • Turkish: Hint kestanesi — seed
  • Ottoman Turkish: آت كستانهسی (at kestanesi) — seed
  • Volapük: skäul — seed
  • Welsh: castan y meirch — seed
  • Welsh: marchgastan — seed
  • Welsh: cneuen geffylau — seed