Meanings
peanut1
nounpeanut (plural peanuts)
plural peanuts · alternative obsolete pea nut · alternative obsolete pea-nut
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
Synonyms: goober, goober bean, goober pea, monkey nut, pinder
- in pluralSee peanuts (“very small amount”).
verbpeanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)
present singular third person peanuts · participle present peanutting · participle past peanutted · past peanutted · alternative obsolete pea nut · alternative obsolete pea-nut
Peanut2
proper noun
- A given name for a pet animal.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
nounSynonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
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adjectiveof little importance or influence or power; of minor status
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nounwidely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
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peanut vineArachis hypogaea
Broader
legumeleguminous plant
nounpod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; ‘groundnut’ and ‘monkey nut’ are British terms
Broader
edible nut
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
peanut · noun, verb
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans grondboontjie
- grondboontjiea legume resembling a nut
Arabic فُولٌ سُودَانِيٌّ, فُسْتُقُ العَبِيد
- فُولٌ سُودَانِيٌّ (fūlun sūdāniyyun)a legume resembling a nut
- فُسْتُقُ العَبِيد (fustuqu l-ʕabīd)a legume resembling a nut
- سَبَال (sabāl)a legume resembling a nut
- فُسْتُقُ الأَرْضِ (fustuqu l-ʔarḍi)a legume resembling a nut
Basque kakahuete
- kakahuetea legume resembling a nut
Bengali চিনাবাদাম, চীনাবাদাম
- চিনাবাদাম (cinabadam)a legume resembling a nut
- চীনাবাদাম (cinabadam)a legume resembling a nut
Bulgarian фъстъ́к
- фъстъ́к (făstắk)a legume resembling a nut
Catalan cacauet
- cacaueta legume resembling a nut
Chinese Cantonese 花生, 落花生
- 花生a legume resembling a nut
- 落花生 (lok⁶ faa¹ sang¹)a legume resembling a nut
Chinese Mandarin 花生, 落花生
- 花生 (huāshēng)a legume resembling a nut
- 落花生 (luòhuāshēng)a legume resembling a nut
- 長生果 /长生果 (chángshēngguǒ)a legume resembling a nut
- 土豆 (tǔdòu)a legume resembling a nut
Czech arašíd, burský oříšek
- arašída legume resembling a nut
- burský oříšeka legume resembling a nut
Danish jordnød, peanut
- jordnøda legume resembling a nut
- peanuta legume resembling a nut
Dutch aardnoot, pinda
- aardnoota legume resembling a nut
- pindaa legume resembling a nut
- apennoota legume resembling a nut
- arachidenoota legume resembling a nut
- grondnoota legume resembling a nut
- olienoota legume resembling a nut
Esperanto arakido, ternukso
- arakidoa legume resembling a nut
- ternuksoa legume resembling a nut
Estonian maapähkel, arahhis
- maapähkela legume resembling a nut
- arahhisa legume resembling a nut
- arahhispähkela legume resembling a nut
- hiina pähkela legume resembling a nut
Finnish maapähkinä
- maapähkinäa legume resembling a nut
French arachide, cacahuète
- arachidea legume resembling a nut
- cacahuètea legume resembling a nut
- pinottea legume resembling a nut
German Erdnuss
- Erdnussa legume resembling a nut
Greek φυστίκι
- φυστίκι (fystíki)a legume resembling a nut
Hawaiian pineki
- pinekia legume resembling a nut
Hebrew בוֹטֵן, אגוז אדמה
- בוֹטֵן (boten)a legume resembling a nut
- אגוז אדמה (egoz adama)a legume resembling a nut
Hindi मूँगफली
- मूँगफली (mūṅgaphlī)a legume resembling a nut
Hungarian földimogyoró, amerikaimogyoró
- földimogyoróa legume resembling a nut
- amerikaimogyoróa legume resembling a nut
Icelandic jarðhneta
- jarðhnetaa legume resembling a nut
Indonesian kacang tanah
- kacang tanaha legume resembling a nut
Irish pis talún
- pis talúna legume resembling a nut
Italian arachide, bagigio
- arachidea legume resembling a nut
- bagigioa legume resembling a nut
Japanese ピーナツ, 落花生
- ピーナツ (pīnatsu)a legume resembling a nut
- 落花生 (rakkasei)a legume resembling a nut
Korean 땅콩
- 땅콩 (ttangkong)a legume resembling a nut
Latin arachis, butyrum arachidis
- arachisa legume resembling a nut
- butyrum arachidisa legume resembling a nut
Latvian zemesrieksts
- zemesriekstsa legume resembling a nut
Lithuanian valgomasis arachis
- valgomasis arachisa legume resembling a nut
Malay kacang tanah
- kacang tanaha legume resembling a nut
Māori pīnati
- pīnatia legume resembling a nut
Norwegian Bokmål peanøtt, jordnøtt
- peanøtta legume resembling a nut
- jordnøtta legume resembling a nut
Persian بادام کوهی, بادام زمینی
- بادام کوهی (bâdâm kuhi)a legume resembling a nut
- بادام زمینی (bâdâm zamini)a legume resembling a nut
Polish arachid, fistaszek
- arachida legume resembling a nut
- fistaszeka legume resembling a nut
- orzech arachidowya legume resembling a nut
- orzech ziemnya legume resembling a nut
- orzeszek ziemnya legume resembling a nut
- żydeka legume resembling a nut
Portuguese amendoim, ginguba
- amendoima legume resembling a nut
- gingubaa legume resembling a nut
Punjabi ਮੁੰਗਫਲੀ
- ਮੁੰਗਫਲੀ (muṅgphalī)a legume resembling a nut
Romanian arahidă, alună de pământ
- arahidăa legume resembling a nut
- alună de pământa legume resembling a nut
- alună americanăa legume resembling a nut
Russian ара́хис, земляно́й оре́х
- ара́хис (aráxis)a legume resembling a nut
- земляно́й оре́х (zemljanój oréx)a legume resembling a nut
- кита́йский оре́х (kitájskij oréx)a legume resembling a nut
Scottish Gaelic cnò-thalmhainn
- cnò-thalmhainna legume resembling a nut
Slovak arašid
- arašida legume resembling a nut
Spanish maní, cacahuate
- manía legume resembling a nut
- cacahuatea legume resembling a nut
- cacahuetea legume resembling a nut
Swahili njugu, karanga
- njugua legume resembling a nut
- karangaa legume resembling a nut
- njugunyasaa legume resembling a nut
- njugumawea legume resembling a nut
Swedish jordnöt
- jordnöta legume resembling a nut
Tagalog mani
- mania legume resembling a nut
Tamil நிலக்கடலை, கச்சான்
- நிலக்கடலை (nilakkaṭalai)a legume resembling a nut
- கச்சான் (kaccāṉ)a legume resembling a nut
Thai ถั่วลิสง, ลิสง
- ถั่วลิสง (lí-sǒng)a legume resembling a nut
- ลิสง (lí-sǒng)a legume resembling a nut
Turkish yer fıstığı, araşit
- yer fıstığıa legume resembling a nut
- araşita legume resembling a nut
Ukrainian ара́хіс, земляни́й горі́х
- ара́хіс (aráxis)a legume resembling a nut
- земляни́й горі́х (zemljanýj horíx)a legume resembling a nut
Urdu مونگفلی
- مونگفلی (mungfali)a legume resembling a nut
Vietnamese đậu phộng, đậu phụng
- đậu phộnga legume resembling a nut
- đậu phụnga legume resembling a nut
- lạca legume resembling a nut
Welsh cnau daear, pysgnau
- cnau daeara legume resembling a nut
- pysgnaua legume resembling a nut
Yiddish פֿיסטאַשקע, סטאַשקע
- פֿיסטאַשקע (fistashke)a legume resembling a nut
- סטאַשקע (stashke)a legume resembling a nut
- רבי־ניסל (rebe-nisl)a legume resembling a nut
- משה־רבינו־ניסל (Moyshe-Rabeynu-nisl)a legume resembling a nut
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