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acorn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈeɪkɚn/ (General-American)
• /ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógr̥der.? Proto-Germanic *akraną Proto-West Germanic *akarn Old English æcern ▲ Middle English corninflu. Middle English acorn English acorn Inherited from Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną (“fruit; acorn, nut”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égrō (“berry”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aicorn (“acorn”), Dutch aker (“acorn”), German Ecker (“acorn”), Danish agern (“acorn”), Faroese and Icelandic akarn (“acorn”), Norwegian Nynorsk åkorn (“acorn”), Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 (akran, “fruit”); Irish airne (“sloe”), Welsh aeron (“berries; small fruits”), eirin (“plums”), Latgalian ūga (“berry”), Latvian oga (“berry”), Lithuanian uoga (“berry”), Belarusian я́гада (jáhada, “berry”), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian я́года (jáhoda, “berry”), Czech and Slovak jahoda (“strawberry”), Macedonian ја́года (jágoda, “strawberry”), Polish and Slovene jagoda (“berry”), Serbo-Croatian ја̏года, jȁgoda (“strawberry”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B oko (“fruit”). Not related to Old English āc (“oak”), corn (“corn, seed”) or Middle English acquerne.

Meanings

1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. See acorn-shell.
4. (informal) The glans penis.
   • The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his acorn showing. 2021, A. W. Strouse, Form & Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision:
5. (plural-normally, slang) A testicle.

Forms

Deriveds

ride a horse foaled of an acorn · acorn tube · eggcorn · acorn worm · even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while · acorn squash · acornlike · acorny · acorn cup · acorn woodpecker · even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then · even a blind pig can find an acorn · acorn weevil · acorn nut · mount a horse foaled by an acorn · acorned · acorn valve · acorn duck · even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while · acorn disease · sea acorn · acorn sugar · acorn moth · ride a horse foaled by an acorn · acorn barnacle

Holonyms

oak (fruit of an oak)

Translations (165)

kk емен жаңғағы (fruit of the oak tree) · chn k'anawi (fruit of the oak tree) · nap gliandra (fruit of the oak tree) · abe wachil (fruit of the oak tree) · xsv gile (fruit of the oak tree) · lb Eechel (fruit of the oak tree) · hsb žołdź (fruit of the oak tree) · rm glànd (fruit of the oak tree) · fa بلوط (fruit of the oak tree) · lmw wája (fruit of the oak tree) · rup gljindã (fruit of the oak tree) · chc tumo (fruit of the oak tree) · tab мяхъв (fruit of the oak tree) · uz choʻchqayongʻoq (fruit of the oak tree) · sh жи̑р (fruit of the oak tree) · nn eikenøtt (fruit of the oak tree) · sh žȋr (fruit of the oak tree) · eo glano (fruit of the oak tree) · sc landhe (fruit of the oak tree) · ca gla (fruit of the oak tree) · vo gölogafluk (fruit of the oak tree) · par wiyan (fruit of the oak tree) · gl landra (fruit of the oak tree) · ota پالاموت (fruit of the oak tree) · lv ozolzīle (fruit of the oak tree) · ja どんぐり (fruit of the oak tree) · ky жёлудь (fruit of the oak tree) · th ผลต้นโอ๊ก (fruit of the oak tree) · chn k̓anawi (fruit of the oak tree) · mk жир (fruit of the oak tree) · ja 団栗 (fruit of the oak tree) · nrf tchênelle (fruit of the oak tree) · ast abellota (fruit of the oak tree) · pox zelǫd (fruit of the oak tree) · rm glogn (fruit of the oak tree) · sv ekollon (fruit of the oak tree) · szl ajchel (fruit of the oak tree) · ia glande (fruit of the oak tree) · apw chíchnʼil (fruit of the oak tree) · eu ezkur (fruit of the oak tree) · ckb بەڕوو (fruit of the oak tree) · bo བེ་འབྲས (fruit of the oak tree) · ar بَلُّوطَة (fruit of the oak tree) · sco aicorn (fruit of the oak tree) · ru жёлудь (fruit of the oak tree) · pt bolota (fruit of the oak tree) · csm watýkˑa- (fruit of the oak tree) · gl belota (fruit of the oak tree) · cst yuu (fruit of the oak tree) · ady мышкӏу (fruit of the oak tree) · af akker (fruit of the oak tree) · ug بەللۇت (fruit of the oak tree) · mg voan'oaka (fruit of the oak tree) · gd dearc-dharaich (fruit of the oak tree) · ary بلوط (fruit of the oak tree) · yue 橡子 (fruit of the oak tree) · nb eikenøtt (fruit of the oak tree) · cu желѫдь (fruit of the oak tree) · lez мегъв (fruit of the oak tree) · axm պալուտ (fruit of the oak tree) · nl eikel (fruit of the oak tree) · fr gland (fruit of the oak tree) · he בַּלּוּט (fruit of the oak tree) · pt lande (fruit of the oak tree) · stq Äkkene (fruit of the oak tree) · css rappak (fruit of the oak tree) · tl ensina (fruit of the oak tree) · chn kʼanawi (fruit of the oak tree) · no kongle (fruit of the oak tree) · cmn 橡果 (fruit of the oak tree) · yi חזיר־ניסל (fruit of the oak tree) · sq lende (fruit of the oak tree) · sq gogël (fruit of the oak tree) · sh желуд (fruit of the oak tree) · nci āhuacuauhtomatl (fruit of the oak tree) · dv ކަށި ބުރޮޅި (fruit of the oak tree) · hi बाँजफल (fruit of the oak tree) · tr palamut (fruit of the oak tree) · kmr belot (fruit of the oak tree) · fur gland (fruit of the oak tree) · ast abeyota (fruit of the oak tree) · ug دۇب ياڭىقى (fruit of the oak tree) · nah ahuatomatl (fruit of the oak tree) · bg жъ́лъд (fruit of the oak tree) · sc landi (fruit of the oak tree) · an ballota (fruit of the oak tree) · fi tammenterho (fruit of the oak tree) · chr ᎫᎴ (fruit of the oak tree) · kju biʔdu (fruit of the oak tree) · be жо́луд (fruit of the oak tree) · tl belyota (fruit of the oak tree) · nv chéchʼil binááʼ (fruit of the oak tree) · lv zīle (fruit of the oak tree) · sh želud (fruit of the oak tree) · de Eichel (fruit of the oak tree) · wa gland (fruit of the oak tree) · ary بلوطة (fruit of the oak tree) · rm glonda (fruit of the oak tree) · tg балут (fruit of the oak tree) · nap ghiàndra (fruit of the oak tree) · cs žalud (fruit of the oak tree) · wym achuł (fruit of the oak tree) · par wiyampi (fruit of the oak tree) · ltg zeile (fruit of the oak tree) · ug توڭگۇز ياڭىقى (fruit of the oak tree) · fo eikinøt (fruit of the oak tree) · sc landha (fruit of the oak tree) · hu makk (fruit of the oak tree) · os гыркъо (fruit of the oak tree) · ko 도토리 (fruit of the oak tree) · grc βάλανος (fruit of the oak tree) · sl želod (fruit of the oak tree) · lt gilė (fruit of the oak tree) · ro ghindă (fruit of the oak tree) · apw chíchʼil (fruit of the oak tree) · vi hạt sồi (fruit of the oak tree) · ug دۇب ئۇرۇقى (fruit of the oak tree) · br mez (fruit of the oak tree) · es lande (fruit of the oak tree) · rup vãlani (fruit of the oak tree) · es llande (fruit of the oak tree) · ga dearcán (fruit of the oak tree) · cy mes (fruit of the oak tree) · ar بَلُّوط (fruit of the oak tree) · ota پلیت (fruit of the oak tree) · hy կաղին (fruit of the oak tree) · no åkorn (fruit of the oak tree) · et tammetõru (fruit of the oak tree) · enm acorn (fruit of the oak tree) · la glans (fruit of the oak tree) · pl żołądź (fruit of the oak tree) · ka რკო (fruit of the oak tree) · scn ghianna (fruit of the oak tree) · ast llande (fruit of the oak tree) · hop kwingyaptuva (fruit of the oak tree) · oj mitigomin (fruit of the oak tree) · gmq-scy agarn (fruit of the oak tree) · rm glanda (fruit of the oak tree) · is akarn (fruit of the oak tree) · wao mél (fruit of the oak tree) · uk жо́лудь (fruit of the oak tree) · sk žaluď (fruit of the oak tree) · cmn 橡子 (fruit of the oak tree) · izh tammipäähkänä (fruit of the oak tree) · tr pelit (fruit of the oak tree) · dsb žołź (fruit of the oak tree) · oc agland (fruit of the oak tree) · maz løjø (fruit of the oak tree) · fo akarn (fruit of the oak tree) · rup docãrã (fruit of the oak tree) · xpq anôhcum (fruit of the oak tree) · csm watýk·a- (fruit of the oak tree) · mi huaōki (fruit of the oak tree) · vo kvär (fruit of the oak tree) · ang æcern (fruit of the oak tree) · es bellota (fruit of the oak tree) · mk желад (fruit of the oak tree) · io glano (fruit of the oak tree) · az palıd qozası (fruit of the oak tree) · oma táshka (fruit of the oak tree) · da agern (fruit of the oak tree) · el βελανίδι (fruit of the oak tree) · nci āhuatomatl (fruit of the oak tree) · it ghianda (fruit of the oak tree) · paw patki (fruit of the oak tree)

wikidata: Q3914781 · wikipedia: acorn