Acorn

Etymology

Anglo Saxon æcern , from æcer field, acre; akin to Dutch aker acorn, German ecker , Icelandic akarn , Danish agern , Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran) "fruit", 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs) "field"; — originally fruit of the field. See acre

Noun

acorn

1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. (Nautical): A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (Zoölogy:) See acorn-shell

Translations

• Chinese: 橡子
• Dutch: eikel m
• Ekspreso: glande
• French: gland m
• German: Eichel f
• Greek: βελανίδι
• Interlingua: glande
• Italian: ghianda f
• Japanese: ドングリ
• Korean: 에이콘
• Central Sierra Miwok : watýkˑa-
• Polish: żołądź m
• Portuguese: bolota f
• Russian: жолудь (zholud') m
• Slovak: žaluď m (1)
• Spanish: bellota f
• Volapük: kvär