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nounany of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishhæselhnutu“hazelnut”
- Middle Englishhaselnote
- Englishhazelnut
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.
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Afrikaans hazelnoot
- hazelnootfruit
Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον
- Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon)fruit
Arabic بُنْدُق, بُنْدُقَة
- بُنْدُق (bunduq)fruit
- بُنْدُقَة (bunduqa)fruit
Basque hur
- hurfruit
Bengali হ্যাজেল নাট
- হ্যাজেল নাট (hêjel naṭ)fruit
Bulgarian ле́шник, цариградски лешник
- ле́шник (léšnik)fruit
- цариградски лешник (carigradski lešnik)fruit
Catalan avellana
- avellanafruit
Chinese Cantonese 榛子
- 榛子 (zeon¹ zi²)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 榛子, 榛果
- 榛子 (zhēnzi)fruit
- 榛果 (zhēnguǒ)fruit
- 榛仁 (zhēnrén)fruit
- 榛實 /榛实 (zhēnshí)fruit
- 榛栗 (zhēnlì)fruit
Czech lískový ořech
- lískový ořechfruit
Danish hasselnød
- hasselnødfruit
Dutch hazelnoot
- hazelnootfruit
Esperanto avelo
- avelofruit
Estonian sarapuupähkel, metspähkel
- sarapuupähkelfruit
- metspähkelfruit
Finnish hasselpähkinä
- hasselpähkinäfruit
French noisette, aveline
- noisettefruit
- avelinefruit
German Haselnuss
- Haselnussfruit
Greek φουντούκι
- φουντούκι (fountoúki)fruit
Hebrew אֱגוֹז לוּז, אִלְסָר
- אֱגוֹז לוּז (egóz lúz)fruit
- אִלְסָר (ilsár)fruit
Hindi हेज़लनट
- हेज़लनट (hezalnaṭ)fruit
Hungarian mogyoró
- mogyorófruit
Icelandic heslihneta
- heslihnetafruit
Indonesian bunduk
- bundukfruit
Irish cnó coill, cnó gaelach
- cnó coillfruit
- cnó gaelachfruit
Italian nocciola
- nocciolafruit
Japanese ヘーゼルナッツ, 榛
- ヘーゼルナッツ (hēzerunattsu)fruit
- 榛 (hashibami)fruit
Korean 헤이즐넛, 개암
- 헤이즐넛 (heijeulleot)fruit
- 개암 (gaeam)fruit
Latin abellana
- abellanafruit
Latvian rieksts, lazdu rieksts
- riekstsfruit
- lazdu riekstsfruit
Lithuanian lazdyno riešutas, riešutas
- lazdyno riešutasfruit
- riešutasfruit
Malay kacang hazel
- kacang hazelfruit
Māori heinati, hānati
- heinatifruit
- hānatifruit
Norwegian Bokmål hasselnøtt
- hasselnøttfruit
Persian فندق
- فندق (fandoq)fruit
Polish orzech laskowy
- orzech laskowyfruit
Portuguese avelã
- avelãfruit
Romanian alună
- alunăfruit
Russian лесно́й оре́х, фунду́к
- лесно́й оре́х (lesnój oréx)fruit
- фунду́к (fundúk)fruit
- оре́х (oréx)fruit
Scottish Gaelic cnò challtainn
- cnò challtainnfruit
Slovak lieskový orech
- lieskový orechfruit
Spanish avellana
- avellanafruit
Swedish hasselnöt
- hasselnötfruit
Tagalog abelyana
- abelyanafruit
Tamil ஜாதிபத்திரி
- ஜாதிபத்திரி (jātipattiri)fruit
Thai ลูกฮาเซลนัท
- ลูกฮาเซลนัท (lôok haa sennát)fruit
Turkish fındık
- fındıkfruit
Urdu ہیزلنٹ
- ہیزلنٹfruit
Vietnamese hạt phỉ
- hạt phỉfruit
Welsh cneuen gyll
- cneuen gyllfruit
Cite this entry
hazelnut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazelnut
“hazelnut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazelnut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hazelnut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazelnut.
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