Meanings
plural pistachios · plural pistachioes · alternative dated pistacchio · alternative archaic pistache
- countableuncountableA deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
- countableuncountableThe nutlike fruit of this tree.
We topped ours with pistachio and mint, but this pudding is typically decorated with aromatic jasmine blossoms, a floral nod to summer’s end.
2025 August 27, David Tanis, “This 20-Minute Shrimp Curry Will Wow Everyone Who Tries It”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2025Synonyms: pista
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe nutlike fruit of this tree.
nounA pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peys-
- Proto-Indo-European*pis-tó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*pištás
- Ancient Greekπιστάκη (pistákē)
- Ancient Greekπιστάκῐον (pistákĭon)
- Latinpistacium
- Italianpistacchio
- Englishpistachio
From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”), of Iranian origin. Compare Middle English pistace (from Middle French pistace, pistache), Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.
More words from Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, πιστάκη
- πιστάκιον (pistákion)fruit
- πιστάκη (pistákē)tree
Arabic فُسْتُق, فُسْتُق حَلَبِيّ
- فُسْتُق (fustuq)fruit
- فُسْتُق حَلَبِيّ (fustuq ḥalabiyy)fruit
Bulgarian ша́мфъстъ́к, ша́мфъстъ́к
- ша́мфъстъ́к (šámfăstắk)fruit
- ша́мфъстъ́к (šámfăstắk)tree
Catalan festuc, pistatxo
- festucfruit
- pistatxofruit
- festuctree
- pistatxertree
Chinese Cantonese 開心果 /开心果
- 開心果 /开心果 (hoi¹ sam¹ gwo²)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 開心果 /开心果, 阿月渾子 /阿月浑子
- 開心果 /开心果 (kāixīnguǒ)fruit
- 阿月渾子 /阿月浑子 (āyuèhúnzǐ)tree
Czech pistácie, pistácie
- pistáciefruit
- pistácietree
Danish pistacie, pistacienød
- pistaciefruit
- pistacienødfruit
Dutch pistache
- pistachefruit
Esperanto pistako, pistakujo
- pistakofruit
- pistakujotree
Estonian pistaatsiapähkel, harilik pistaatsia
- pistaatsiapähkelfruit
- harilik pistaatsiatree
Finnish pistaasipähkinä, mantelipistaasi
- pistaasipähkinäfruit
- mantelipistaasitree
French pistache, pistachier
- pistachefruit
- pistachiertree
German Pistazie, Pistazienbaum
- Pistaziefruit
- Pistazienbaumtree
Greek φιστίκι, φιστικιά
- φιστίκι (fistíki)fruit
- φιστικιά (fistikiá)fruit
- φιστικιά (fistikiá)tree
Hebrew פיסטוק
- פיסטוקfruit
Hindi पिस्ता, पिस्ता
- पिस्ता (pistā)fruit
- पिस्ता (pistā)tree
Hungarian pisztácia
- pisztáciafruit
Icelandic pistasíuhneta, pistasía
- pistasíuhnetafruit
- pistasíafruit
- pistasíutrétree
Indonesian kacang fustuk, kacang ketawa
- kacang fustukfruit
- kacang ketawafruit
- badam hijautree
- pohon fustuktree
- pistasiotree
Irish piostáis
- piostáisfruit
Italian pistacchio, pistacchio
- pistacchiofruit
- pistacchiotree
Japanese ピスタチオ
- ピスタチオ (pisutachio)fruit
Korean 피스타치오, 피스타치오 나무
- 피스타치오 (piseutachio)fruit
- 피스타치오 나무 (piseutachio namu)tree
Lithuanian pistacija
- pistacijafruit
Malay kacang cerdik, pistacio
- kacang cerdikfruit
- pistaciofruit
- pistasiofruit
- pistaciotree
- pistasiotree
- pokok kacang cerdiktree
Norwegian Bokmål pistasj, pistasie
- pistasjfruit
- pistasiefruit
- pistasjtree
- pistasietree
Persian پسته, پسته
- پسته (peste)fruit
- پسته (peste)tree
Polish pistacja, pistacja
- pistacjafruit
- pistacjatree
Portuguese pistache, pistáchio
- pistachefruit
- pistáchiofruit
- pistachetree
- pistáchiotree
- pistáciotree
Punjabi ਪਿਸਤਾ, ਪਿਸਤਾ
- ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā)fruit
- ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā)tree
Romanian fistic
- fisticfruit
Russian фиста́шка, фиста́шковое де́рево
- фиста́шка (fistáška)fruit
- фиста́шковое де́рево (fistáškovoje dérevo)tree
Slovak pistácia
- pistáciatree
Spanish pistacho, alfóncigo
- pistachofruit
- alfóncigofruit
- alfónsigofruit
- pistacherotree
- alfóncigotree
Swahili fistiki, mfistiki
- fistikifruit
- mfistikitree
Swedish pistasch, pistaschnöt
- pistaschfruit
- pistaschnötfruit
- pistaschträdtree
- pistaschtree
Tagalog pistatso, alponsigo
- pistatsofruit
- alponsigofruit
- pistatsotree
Tamil பிஸ்தா, பிஸ்தா மரம்
- பிஸ்தா (pistā)fruit
- பிஸ்தா மரம் (pistā maram)tree
Thai พิสตาชีโอ
- พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo)fruit
Turkish fıstık, Antep fıstığı
- fıstıkfruit
- Antep fıstığıtree
- Şam fıstığıtree
Ukrainian фіста́шка
- фіста́шка (fistáška)fruit
Urdu پستہ, پستہ
- پستہ (pistā)fruit
- پستہ (pistā)tree
Vietnamese hạt dẻ cười, hạt hồ trăn
- hạt dẻ cườifruit
- hạt hồ trănfruit
- cây dẻ cườitree
- cây hồ trăntree
Welsh pistasio
- pistasiofruit
Yiddish פֿיסטאַשקע
- פֿיסטאַשקע (fistashke)fruit
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Cite this entry
pistachio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistachio
“pistachio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistachio. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pistachio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pistachio.
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