Meanings
pine nut1
plural pine nuts · alternative pinenut · alternative pine-nut
- The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.
Synonyms: neoza, pignoli, pine kernel
pine nut2
Pine Nut3
plural Pine Nuts
- slangA fan of American actor Chris Pine (born 1980).
Chris Pine Debuts His Shaved Head at CinemaCon — and the Pine Nuts Are Shook
2017 March 29, Karen Mizoguchi, “Chris Pine Debuts His Shaved Head at CinemaCon — and the Pine Nuts Are Shook”, in People, archived from the original on 30 Mar 20174 more examples
Hear that sound? It's the screams of hundreds -- nay, thousands -- of Pine Nuts cheering. Chris Pine, the subject of superfan "Pine Nut" adoration worldwide, has been named the new face of Giorgio Armani Code fragrance for men. The ads will hit magazines (and hopefully very, very large billboards) in June 2014, but in the meantime, the Pine Nuts have one teaser photo to hold them over.
2014 February 12, Ellie Krupnick, “Chris Pine Gets The Brooding Cologne Ads His Face Deserves”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022During one segment, Norton asked fans how far they had travelled to be in the studio audience. When a few who journeyed hours by bus or plane to see Cumberbatch identified themselves, the actor bounded up the stairs to bestow hugs and buss cheeks - a move guaranteed to endear him to fans. It also encouraged fellow Star Trek actor Chris Pine to do the same for those “Pine Nuts” who likewise travelled a long way.
2014 November 21, Lynnette Porter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Transition Completed: Films, Fame, Fans, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN, pages 37–38Great news, Pine Nuts: Chris Pine is single again! […] The flattery continued Wednesday when the talk show host brought out a “Pine Nut” (which is a clever term for the actor’s fan base) from the audience of her show.
2014 November 26, Esther Lee, “Chris Pine Confirms He Is Single, Serenades a “Pine Nut””, in Us Weekly, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2014"[…] With Chris you don't have to generate that rapport because he is a wonderful guy." And the Pine Nuts would agree.
2016 March 12, Mila Hasan, Essentially Bruce Greenwood: Actor Musician, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 46
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.
More synonyms by meaning
nounedible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
pine nut · noun
- Old Englishpīnhnutu“pinenut”
- Middle Englishpinnote
- Englishpine nut
From Middle English pinnote, pynote, from Old English pīnhnutu (“pinenut”), equivalent to pine + nut. Cognate with Swedish pinjenöt (“pinenut”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Pine Nut · noun
Blend of Pine + pine nut, with a pun on nut (“enthusiast, fanatic”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَبّ صَنَوْبَر
- حَبّ صَنَوْبَر (ḥabb ṣanawbar)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Catalan pinyó
- pinyóedible seeds of evergreen pine
Chinese Cantonese 松子
- 松子 (cung⁴ zi²)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Chinese Mandarin 松子
- 松子 (sōngzǐ)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Czech piniový ořech
- piniový ořechedible seeds of evergreen pine
Danish pinjekerne
- pinjekerneedible seeds of evergreen pine
Dutch pijnboompit
- pijnboompitedible seeds of evergreen pine
Estonian piiniapähkel, piiniaseeme
- piiniapähkeledible seeds of evergreen pine
- piiniaseemeedible seeds of evergreen pine
Finnish pinjansiemen
- pinjansiemenedible seeds of evergreen pine
French pignon, pignon de pin
- pignonedible seeds of evergreen pine
- pignon de pinedible seeds of evergreen pine
- pigneedible seeds of evergreen pine
German Pinienkern
- Pinienkernedible seeds of evergreen pine
Hebrew צנובר
- צנוברedible seeds of evergreen pine
Hindi चिलगोजा
- चिलगोजा (cilgojā)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Hungarian fenyőmag
- fenyőmagedible seeds of evergreen pine
Irish cnó péine
- cnó péineedible seeds of evergreen pine
Italian pinolo
- pinoloedible seeds of evergreen pine
Korean 잣
- 잣 (jat)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Māori painati
- painatiedible seeds of evergreen pine
Persian دانه کاج, تخم کاج
- دانه کاج (dâne kâj)edible seeds of evergreen pine
- تخم کاج (toxm-e kāj)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Polish orzeszek piniowy
- orzeszek piniowyedible seeds of evergreen pine
Portuguese pinhão
- pinhãoedible seeds of evergreen pine
Romanian sămânță de pin, coconari
- sămânță de pinedible seeds of evergreen pine
- coconariedible seeds of evergreen pine
- coconarăedible seeds of evergreen pine
Russian кедро́вый оре́х
- кедро́вый оре́х (kedróvyj oréx)edible seeds of evergreen pine
Spanish piñón
- piñónedible seeds of evergreen pine
Swahili njugu ya msonobari
- njugu ya msonobariedible seeds of evergreen pine
Swedish pinjenöt, pinjekärna
- pinjenötedible seeds of evergreen pine
- pinjekärnaedible seeds of evergreen pine
Tagalog pinyon
- pinyonedible seeds of evergreen pine
Turkish çam fıstığı
- çam fıstığıedible seeds of evergreen pine
Cite this entry
pine nut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20nut
“pine nut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pine%20nut. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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