pistachio

pistachio

See also: pistáchio

English

Pistachio tree

Pistachio fruits

Etymology

From Italian pistacchio (1590s)[1], from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته‎ (pesteh), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق‎ (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃi.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/, /pɪsˈtɑʃioʊ/

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Noun

pistachio (plural pistachios or pistachioes)

1. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
2. The nutlike fruit of this tree.
3. (color) A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.

   Synonym: pistachio green

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Derived terms

• Chinese pistachio (Pistachia chinensis)
• ground pistachio (Arachis hypogaea)
• pistachioed

Translations

tree

Albanian: fistík m Armenian: պիստակենի (hy) (pistakeni) Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxer m Czech: pistácie (cs) f Esperanto: pistakujo Estonian: harilik pistaatsia Finnish: mantelipistaasi French: pistachier (fr) m Georgian: ფისტა (pisṭa) German: Pistazienbaum m Greek: φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá) Ancient: πιστάκη f (pistákē) Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā) Icelandic: pistasíutré n Italian: pistacchio (it) m Kazakh: пісте (kk) (pıste) Korean: 피스타치오 나무 (piseutachio namu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku) Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: ф’стак m (f’stak), фастак f (fastak) Malay: pistacio, pistasio, pokok (ms) kacang cerdik Marathi: पिस्ता (pistā) Norwegian: Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m Pashto: please add this translation if you can Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ m (pistā) Persian: پسته‎ (fa) (peste) Polish: pistacja (pl) f Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m, pistácio m Russian: фиста́шковое де́рево n (fistáškovoje dérevo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m, пистач m (Croatia) Roman: trišlja f, pistać m, pistač (sh) m (Croatia) Sicilian: fastucara f, pistacchia f Slovak: pistácia f Slovene: pistacija (sl) f Spanish: pistachero m, alfóncigo (es) m Swahili: mfistiki Swedish: pistaschträd (sv) n, pistasch (sv) c Tagalog: pistatso Turkish: fıstık (tr), antep fıstığı (tr) Turkmen: please add this translation if you can Urdu: پستہ‎ m (pistā) Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

fruit

Arabic: فُسْتُق‎ m (fustuq) Egyptian Arabic: فستق‎ m (fustuʾ) Hijazi Arabic: فُسْتُق‎ m (fustug) South Levantine Arabic: فُسْتُق حَلَبِيّ‎ (fustuq ḥalabiyy) Armenian: պիստակ (hy) (pistak) Azerbaijani: püstə (az) Bulgarian: шам фъстък m (šam fǎstǎk) Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxo (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 開心果, 开心果 (hoi1 sam1 gwo2) Mandarin: 開心果／开心果 (zh) (kāixīnguǒ) Crimean Tatar: fıstıq Czech: pistácie (cs) f Danish: pistacie, pistacienød c Dutch: pistache (nl) Esperanto: pistako (eo) Estonian: pistaatsiapähkel Faroese: pistasiunøt f Finnish: pistaasipähkinä French: pistache (fr) f German: Pistazie (de) f Greek: φιστίκι (el) n (fistíki), φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá) Ancient: πιστάκιον n (pistákion) Hebrew: פיסטוק‎ (he) Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā) Hungarian: pisztácia (hu) Icelandic: pistasíuhneta f, pistasía f Indonesian: kacang pistasi Irish: piostáis f Italian: pistacchio (it) m Japanese: ピスタチオ (pisutachio) Kannada: ಪಿಸ್ತಾ (pistā) Kazakh: пісте (kk) (pıste) Korean: 피스타치오 (piseutachio) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پستھ‎ (pistih) Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku) Ladino: fustuk Luxembourgish: Pistache f Macedonian: ф'стак m (f'stak) Malay: kacang cerdik, pistacio, pistasio Marathi: पिस्ता n (pistā) Middle Persian: pstk' (pistag) Norwegian: Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m Ottoman Turkish: فستق‎ (fıstık) Persian: پسته‎ (fa) (peste) Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ m (pistā) Polish: pistacja (pl) f Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m Romanian: fistic (ro) n Romansch: pistazia f Russian: фиста́шка (ru) f (fistáška) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m Roman: trišlja f, pistać m Sindhi: پستو‎ m (pisto) Sicilian: fastuca (scn) f, pistacchiu m Slovene: pistacija (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pistacija f Upper Sorbian: pistacija f Spanish: pistacho (es) m, alfóncigo (es) m, alfónsigo (es) m Swahili: fistiki Swedish: pistasch (sv), pistaschnöt (sv) c Tagalog: pistatso Tajik: писта (pista) Thai: พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo) Turkish: fıstık (tr) Urdu: پستہ‎ m (pistā) Vietnamese: hạt dẻ Welsh: pistasio m Yiddish: פֿיסטאַשקע‎ f (fistashke)

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pistachio”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• pistachio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pastichio