almond
See also: Almond
English
Almonds (nuts).
Etymology
From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many French and Spanish words of Arabic origin that began with the Arabic definite article al-.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.mənd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑ(l).mənd/, /ˈæ(l).mənd/, /ˈɔl.mənd/[2][3]
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Noun
almond (countable and uncountable, plural almonds)
- (countable) A type of tree nut.
- (countable) A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, that produces predominantly sweet almonds.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 3:
- Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
- Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits
- Synonym: bitter almond
- Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
- Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
- Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae
- Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae
- Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae
- Synonym: bitter almond
- Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits
- (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
- almond:
- (uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
- almond:
- (uncountable) Flavor or other characteristics of almond.
- I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.
- Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
- 1828, David Craigie, Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy:
- The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
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Derived terms
- almond aphid
- almond blossom
- almond-butter
- almond butter
- almondesque
- almond-eyed
- almond-furnace
- almond furnace
- almond green
- almond lace bug (Monostira unicostata)
- almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdaloides)
- almondless
- almondlike
- almond-milk
- almond milk
- almond moth (Cadra cautella)
- almond oil
- almond paste
- almond pink
- almond potato
- almond-shaped
- almond tofu
- almond tree
- almond willow (Salix amygdalina)
- almondy
- Bengal almond (Terminalia catappa)
- blanched almond
- burnt almond
- country almond (Terminalia catappa)
- earth almond (Cyperus esculentus)
- flowering almond (Prunus spp.)
- green almond (Pistacia vera)
- ground almond (Cyperus esculentus)
- Indian almond (Terminalia catappa)
- Java almond (Canarium commune)
- Johnstone River almond (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
- Malabar almond (Terminalia catappa)
- Russian almond (Prunus tenella)
- tropical almond (Terminalia catappa)
- wood almond (Hippocratea comosa)
Translations
nut
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tree
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colour
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Adjective
almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)
- Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
Translations
resembling the colour of an almond nut
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See also
- bitter almond
- Appendix:Colors
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “almond”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “almond”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “almond”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
almond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Prunus amygdalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- Dolman, Lamond, Maldon, Oldman, dolman, old man, old-man
Middle English
Alternative forms
- almaund, almound, almand, alemaunde
Etymology
From Old French almande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈmɔnd/, /alˈmau̯nd/, /alˈmand/, /alˈmɔu̯nd/
Noun
almond (plural almondes)
- An almond (tree nut)
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke […] caste þher-to Safroun an Salt […]
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
- An almond tree (Prunus dulcis)
- An object that resembles an almond in physical form.
Derived terms
- almaunden
Descendants
- English: almond
- Scots: almond
References
- “alma(u)nde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.