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Nut
English
Etymology
From Middle English nute , from Old English hnutu.
Pronunciation
- AHD : nŭt
- IPA : /nʌt/
- SAMPA : /nVt/
English
Noun
nut (plural nuts)
- A hard-shelled seed.
- A piece of metal, often hexagonal , with a hole through it with internal threading intended to fit on to a bolt.
- (informal) An insane person.
- (slang) The head.
- (slang; rarely used in the singular) A testicle.
Synonyms
- (insane person): loony , nutcase , nutter
- (the head): bonce , noddle
- (a testicle): ball, bollock (taboo slang), nad
Translations
seed
- noot
- French: no generic translation exists; noix f is often used, but this actually means "walnut"
- German: Nuss f
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that fits on a bolt
- French: écrou m
- German: Mutter f
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informal: insane person
slang: the head
slang: testicle
- Dutch: noten m (plural)
- German: Ei n, lately: Nuss f
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing any numbers. Any numbering associating translations with definitions is unreliable.
- Anglo-Saxon: hnutu f
- Breton: kraoñ collective noun kraoñenn singular f (1), kraouenn f -où pl (2), brizh-sod (3), kell f divgell pl (4)
- Dutch: noot
- Finnish: pähkinä (1), mutteri (2), hullu (3), pöpi (3), muna (4), palli (4), kaali (5)
- Interlingua: nuce (1); matre vite (2); folle (3); teste (4), testiculo (4)
- Italian: noce f
- Latvian: rieksts m (1), uzgrieznis m (2), trakais m (3), jucis m (3), pauts m (usually pl. - pauti) (4)
- Polish: orzech m (1), nakrętka f (2), świr m (3)
- Portuguese: noz f (1); porca f (2); louco m (3), doido m (3), maluco m (3); bago m (4), ovo m (4)
- Romanian: nucă f (1), piuliţă f (2), nebun m (3) ţicnit m (3)
- Russian: орех m (1), гайка (gaika/gajka) f (2), сумасшедший (sumasshedshij) m / сумасшедшая (sumasshedshaya) f (3), яйцо (yaitso) n (4)
- Spanish: nuez (1), tuerca (2), chiflado (3), chalado (3), cojone (4), huevo (4)
- Tok Pisin: nat (2), longlongman (3), kiau (4), het (5)
Related terms
Transitive verb
to nut (nutting, nutted)
- (slang) To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
Intransitive verb
to nut (nutting, nutted)
- (slang) To ejaculate (semen).
Dutch
Noun
nut n
- use, benefit
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