hazelnut

See also: hazel nut

English

Hazelnuts

Alternative forms

hazel nut

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzəlnʌt/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

hazelnut (plural hazelnuts)

The fruit of the hazel tree.

Synonyms

cob, cobnut (usually the common hazel (Corylus avellana) which grows in the UK and Europe; filbert (usually the American hazel (Corylus americana or Corylus maxima) which is common in Oregon.)

Derived terms

American hazelnut (Corylus americana)
beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta)
California hazelnut (Corylus cornuta subsp. californica)
Chilean hazelnut (Gevuina avellana)
hazelnut aphid (Corylobium avellanae)
hazelnut gall midge (Mikomyia coryli)
hazelnut mite (Tetranycopsis horridus)
Siberian hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla)

Translations

fruit

Afrikaans: hazelnoot
Albanian: lajthi (sq) f
Arabic: بُنْدُق‎ (ar) m (bunduq) (collective), بُنْدُقَة‎ f (bunduqa)
Moroccan Arabic: بندق‎ (bunduq)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܦܢܕܩܐ‎ (pendəqā)
Armenian: պնդուկ (hy) (pnduk), կաղին (hy) (kałin), տկողին (hy) (tkołin)
Asturian: ablana (ast) f
Azerbaijani: fındıq (az)
Basque: hur (eu)
Bengali: হ্যাজেল নাট (hẏajel naṭ)
Breton: kraoñenn-gelvez
Bulgarian: ле́шник (bg) m (léšnik), цариградски лешник m (carigradski lešnik)
Catalan: avellana (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎩᏛ (ayugidv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 榛子 (zeon¹ zi²)
Mandarin: 榛子 (zh) (zhēnzi), 榛果 (zh) (zhēnguǒ), 榛仁 (zh) (zhēnrén), 榛實 (zh) (zhēnshí), 榛栗 (zh) (zhēnlì)
Classical Nahuatl: caxtīllān tlalcacahuatl
Cornish: knowen goll f
Crimean Tatar: fındıq
Czech: lískový ořech (cs) m
Danish: hasselnød (da) c
Dutch: hazelnoot (nl) f
Esperanto: avelo
Estonian: sarapuupähkel, metspähkel
Faroese: heslinøt f
Finnish: hasselpähkinä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: nusèlye f, âlâgne f
French: noisette (fr) f, aveline (fr) f
Friulian: nole f
Galician: abelá (gl) f
Georgian: თხილი (txili)
German: Haselnuss (de) f
Greek: φουντούκι (el) n (fountoúki)
Ancient: Ποντικόν κάρυον n (Pontikón káruon)
Greenlandic: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: אֱגוֹז לוּז / אגוז לוז‎ (he) m (egoz luz), אִלְסָר‎ (he)
Hiligaynon: abelyána
Hindi: हेज़लनट f (hezalnaṭ)
Hungarian: mogyoró (hu)
Hunsrik: Hasselnuss f
Icelandic: heslihneta (is) f
Ido: avelano (io)
Irish: cnó coill m, cnó gaelach m
Italian: nocciola (it) f
Japanese: ヘーゼルナッツ (hēzerunattsu), ^{(please verify)} ハシバミ (ja) (hashibami)
Korean: 개암 (ko) (gaeam)
Kyrgyz: токой жаңгагы (ky) (tokoy jaŋgagı)
Lao: ໝາກຮັດເຊລ (māk hat sēn)
Ladin: linciola f
Latin: abellana f
Latvian: rieksts, lazdu rieksts
Laz: თხირი (txiri)
Lithuanian: lazdyno riešutas, riešutas
Low German: Hasselnööt f
Luxembourgish: Hieselnoss f
Macedonian: ле́шник m (léšnik)
Malay: kacang hazel
Malayalam: തെളിവും (teḷivuṃ)
Maltese: ġellewża
Manchu: ᠰᡳᠰᡳ (sisi)
Manx: cro coull m, cro couyll m, cro sharroo m, cro keylley mooar m
Marathi: कढई (kaḍhaī)
Middle Persian: pndk' (pondik)
Mingrelian: თხირი (txiri)
Navajo: neeshchʼíínímazí
Norman: codrette f
Northern Sami: niehtti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hasselnøtt m or f
Nynorsk: haslenøtt f, hasselnøtt f
Occitan: avelana (oc) f
Ojibwe: bagaan
Persian: فندق‎ (fa) (fandoq)
Plautdietsch: Hauselnät f
Polish: orzech laskowy (pl) m
Portuguese: avelã (pt) f
Romanian: alună (ro) f
Romansch: nitschola f, nitschoula f
Russian: лесно́й оре́х (ru) m (lesnój oréx), фунду́к (ru) m (fundúk), оре́х (ru) m (oréx)
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: cnò challtainn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лешник m / љешник m, љешњак m
Roman: lešnik (sh) m / lješnik m, lješnjak (sh) m
Sicilian: nuzzola (scn) f, nucidda (scn) f, nucilla (scn) f
Sindhi: ڦندڪ‎, फंदक (fandak)
Slovak: lieskový orech f
Slovene: lešnik (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wórješk m, lěšćink m
Spanish: avellana (es) f
Svan: შდიხ (šdix)
Swedish: hasselnöt (sv) c
Tagalog: abelyana
Tajik: фундуқ (funduq)
Tamil: ஜாதிபத்திரி (jātipattiri)
Telugu: లేత గోధుమ రంగు టెంకాయ (lēta gōdhuma raṅgu ṭeṅkāya)
Thai: ลูกฮาเซลนัท (lôok haa sennát)
Turkish: fındık (tr)
Urdu: ہیزلنٹ‎
Venetian: noxeła f, nisoła f, olana f
Vietnamese: hạt phỉ
Volapük: (Corylus avellana, Corylus tubulosa) tuinavaälanöt, (kernel) vaälanötaker
Welsh: cneuen gyll f

shrub — see hazel