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pinecone

noun · verb · 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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  • General-American: /ˈpaɪnˌkoʊn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.

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

The seed-bearing structure of any conifer, such as fir, spruce, cedar, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To become bloated in a way that causes the fish's scales to flare out and resemble a pinecone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cone, strobilus, strobile

History

Etymology

From pine + cone.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bloçkë — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Arabic: كُوز الصَنَوْبَر (kūz aṣ-ṣanawbar) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Armenian: կոն (kon) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Armenian: սոճու կոն (soču kon) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Basque: pinaburu — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Bulgarian: шиша́рка (šišárka) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Catalan: pinya — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 松球 (sōngqiú) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 松果 (sōngguǒ) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 松塔 (sōngtǎ) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Cornish: aval saben — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Cree: ᐘᐢᑵᑐᕀ (waskwetoy) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Danish: fyrrekogle — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Dutch: pijnappel — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Dutch: dennenappel — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Esperanto: strobilo — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Estonian: männikäbi — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Faroese: furukongul — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Finnish: männynkäpy — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: pomme de pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: babet (Saint-Étienne) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: aval-pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: barolin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: cocotte (Canade, Hautes-Vosges) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: cône — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: cône de pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: coucarello — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: pigne (Gascogne) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: pignon (Provence) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: pive — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: strobile de pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • French: carotte de pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Galician: piña — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Galician: caroca — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Georgian: ფიჭვის გირჩი (pič̣vis girči) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • German: Kiefernzapfen — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • German: Pinienzapfen — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Greek: κουκουνάρα (koukounára) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Greek: κουκουνάρι (koukounári) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Ancient Greek: κῶνος (kônos) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Hebrew: אצטרובל (etztrubal) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Hindi: कोणधारी कोण (koṇdhārī koṇ) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Hungarian: fenyőtoboz — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Ingrian: petäjänkärkkä — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Irish: caor phéine — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Irish: buaircín giúise — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Irish: coirceog giúise — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Italian: pigna — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Italian: pina — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Japanese: 松笠 (matsukasa) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Korean: 솔방울 (solbang'ul) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Latvian: čiekurs — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Lithuanian: kankorėžis — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Macedonian: шишарка (šišarka) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Malay: kon pain — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Malay: kon pinus — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Eastern Mari: пӱнчӧ пӱгыльмӧ (pünčö pügyĺmö) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Middle English: pynote — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Mi'kmaq: wisqasaw — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Mongolian: боргоцой (borgocoj) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠭᠤᠴᠠᠢ (borɣučai) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Classical Nahuatl: ocōcentli — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Norman: pomme dé sapîn — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Ojibwe: wazhashkwedow — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Persian: مخروط کاج (maxrut-e kâj) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Persian: چلغوزه (čelġuze) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Persian: گلوز (gallowz, gellowz) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Polish: szyszka sosny — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Portuguese: pinha — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Romanian: con de pin — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Russian: ши́шка (šíška) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: duirc-ghiuthais — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Scottish Gaelic: durcan-giuthais — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Spanish: piña — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Spanish: estróbilo — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Spanish: cono — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Swahili: sunobari — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Swedish: tallkotte — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Telugu: శంఖు ఆకారం (śaṅkhu ākāraṁ) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Turkish: çam kozalağı — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Udmurt: пужым кускыли (pužym kuskyľi) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Udmurt: пужым ӵыжин (pužym čyžin) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Vietnamese: nón thông — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Welsh: mochyn coed — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Yiddish: שישקע (shishke) — seed-bearing structure of a pine tree