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coconut en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkɐʉ.kə.nɐt/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈkəʉ.kə.nɐt/ (Australia)
/ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/ (Canada, General-American)
[ˈkʰəʉ̯.kə.nɐt] (Australia)
/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈkʰɐʉ.kə.nɐt] (New-Zealand)
[ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nʌt] (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈkʰoʊ̯.kəˌnʌt] (Canada, General-American)
[ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nɐt] (Received-Pronunciation)
audio Queensland

Etymology

From coco + nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins. The slur originates from the idea that one is "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
- The Coco-nut Trees grow by the Sea, on the Weſtern ſide in great Groves, 3 or 4 Miles in length, and a Mile or two broad. This tree is in ſhape like the Cabbage-tree, and at a diſtance they are not to be known each from other, only the Coco-nut Tree is fuller of Branches ; but the Cabbage-tree generally is much higher, tho' the Coco-nut Trees in ſome places are very high. 1699, William Dampier, chapter X, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], 4th corrected edition, volume I, London: Printed for James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 291:
(countable, uncountable) A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
(countable, uncountable) The coconut palm.
(US, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: ▸ A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture.
- After that I was regarded as comic. I became a ‘coconut’—someone brown on the outside, white on the inside. I was the bleached academic—more white than the anglo professors. In my classes several students glared at me, clearly seeing in me the person they feared ever becoming. Who was I, after all, but some comic Queequeg, holding close to my breast a reliquary containing the white powder of a dead European civilization? 1982, Richard Rodriguez, “Profession”, in Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162:
(Australia, Kenya, South-Africa, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: ▸ A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
- Your mum is a white whore, you coconut. 2016 June 8, “Containment”, in Cleverman, episode 2, spoken by Waruu West [speaking to half-brother Koen West]:
- Their convictions challenged those critics who dismissed John Githongo’s anti-corruption efforts as the naïve projection of inappropriate ‘mzungu’ values onto an African nation where they were doomed to fail. If John was a ‘coconut’, he certainly wasn’t the only coconut in Kenya. 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
(Singapore, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: ▸ A Malay person who cannot speak Malay.
(Malaysia, countable, derogatory, ethnic, qualifier:self-deprecatory, slur, uncountable) A member of any of various dark-skinned ethnic groups (e.g. Hispanic, South Asian, or black) who is considered to have overly assimilated to white culture: ▸ An Indian person who cannot speak Tamil.
(New-Zealand, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A Pacific islander.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A female breast.
- He compliments her erect posture and says her breasts look like big clusters of grapes hanging off a palm tree. You would expect him to say merely that he likes her big coconuts. 2005, Clint Caviness, “The Power of the Sugar Tongue”, in When Risqué is Okay: Biblical principles your parents never taught you for a happy marriage behind the bedroom door (Religion), Winston, Oregon: Hearts for Home Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 220:
(countable, slang, uncountable) The human head.
- 'How unfortunate.' 'Yes. It's rather causing him to go off his coconut. He's met a girl, you see. A peach.' 2021, Dennis Glover, The Last Man in Europe:
- [Ashley J. Williams shoots a zombified version of the Winter Soldier in the head.] Dazzler: Oh my God...thank you! I-i-is he-- Ashley J. Williams: A double-barrel boomstick blast straight through the coconut? Trust me, babe--he's not comin' back from that one. 2007, Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, 2, page 19:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
coconuts	Number=Plur		lexicographic
coco-nut		alternative, archaic	lexicographic
cokernut		alternative, archaic	lexicographic
cocoanut		alternative, archaic	lexicographic

Coordinates

Twinkie (POC assimilated into white culture) · Oreo (POC assimilated into white culture) · banana (POC assimilated into white culture) · egg (POC assimilated into white culture)

Deriveds

Descendants

ココナッツ

Hypernyms

race traitor (POC assimilated into white culture) · fruit (fruit)

Hyponyms

copra

Synonyms

Oreo · Uncle Tom · nut

Translations (371)

uk коко́совий горі́х (shelled seed) · ja ココナッツ (fruit of coco palm) · tet nuu-fuan (fruit of coco palm) · ja 椰子の実 (fruit of coco palm) · el καρύδα (fruit of coco palm) · eo kokoso (shelled seed) · loc niyog (fruit of coco palm) · lbk ʔinyug (fruit of coco palm) · sh кокосов орах (shelled seed) · mh ni (fruit of coco palm) · mvv piasau (fruit of coco palm) · nn kokosnøtt (fruit of coco palm) · jv krambil (shelled seed) · kwd niu (fruit of coco palm) · mnw သတ်ဗြဴ (fruit of coco palm) · te కొబ్బరికాయ (fruit of coco palm) · adf جزيب (fruit of coco palm) · acw جوز هند (fruit of coco palm) · hsb kokosowy worjech (fruit of coco palm) · ms kerambil (fruit of coco palm) · tvl niu (fruit of coco palm) · kmk iyug (fruit of coco palm) · it noce di cocco (fruit of coco palm) · vo kokot (fruit of coco palm) · kn ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · ko 야자열매 (fruit of coco palm) · lmy ni (fruit of coco palm) · be како́с (fruit of coco palm) · pwn yasi (fruit of coco palm) · hu kókusz (fruit of coco palm) · af kokosneut (fruit of coco palm) · bg коко́сов оре́х (fruit of coco palm) · cy cneuen goco (shelled seed) · as ডাব (fruit of coco palm) · sh kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · hi नारियल (fruit of coco palm) · ary كوك (fruit of coco palm) · gv cro bainney (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · mi niu (fruit of coco palm) · aot narykel (fruit of coco palm) · sv kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · mdh niog (fruit of coco palm) · id kelapa (shelled seed) · ca coco (fruit of coco palm) · ty haʻari (fruit of coco palm) · ty niu (fruit of coco palm) · kn ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · bn নারিকেল (fruit of coco palm) · tl niyog (fruit of coco palm) · hy կոկոս (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · sh kokos (fruit of coco palm) · ebk niyog (fruit of coco palm) · nan-hbl 鱟薸 /鲎薸 (fruit of coco palm) · mnv niu (fruit of coco palm) · uk коко́с (fruit of coco palm) · jv klapa (fruit of coco palm) · so qumbaha (fruit of coco palm) · mk ко́кос (fruit of coco palm) · kum гьинд къоз (fruit of coco palm) · mg voanio (fruit of coco palm) · fa نارگیل (fruit of coco palm) · bho नारियल (fruit of coco palm) · ru коко́с (shelled seed) · dz བེ་ཏ (fruit of coco palm) · rtm niu (fruit of coco palm) · hi नारिकेल (fruit of coco palm) · bg коко́сов оре́х (shelled seed) · aig jednut (fruit of coco palm) · pl kokos (fruit of coco palm) · kzj piasau (fruit of coco palm) · kn ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (fruit of coco palm) · su kalapa (fruit of coco palm) · kn ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ (shelled seed) · meu niu (fruit of coco palm) · pwn abadr (fruit of coco palm) · bch niu (fruit of coco palm) · pon nih (fruit of coco palm) · fa نارگیل (shelled seed) · ms kelambir (fruit of coco palm) · be како́савы арэ́х (fruit of coco palm) · ro nucă de cocos (fruit of coco palm) · ckv nuzu (fruit of coco palm) · bn ডাব (fruit of coco palm) · tg норьил (fruit of coco palm) · tet nuu (fruit of coco palm) · sl kokos (fruit of coco palm) · da kokosnød (shelled seed) · is kókoshneta (fruit of coco palm) · frd nuur (fruit of coco palm) · ka ქოქოსი (fruit of coco palm) · he קוקוס (fruit of coco palm) · el ινδική καρύδα (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · mk ко́косов о́рев (fruit of coco palm) · mkj ni (fruit of coco palm) · ru коко́с (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · mh iu (fruit of coco palm) · da kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · fi kookospähkinä (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · th มะพร้าว (shelled seed) · ilo nióg (fruit of coco palm) · mn наргил (fruit of coco palm) · lo ກະນານ (shelled seed) · fi kookospähkinä (fruit of coco palm) · ur نَارِیَل (fruit of coco palm) · nn kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · fr noix de coco (fruit of coco palm) · hy կոկոս (shelled seed) · haw niu (fruit of coco palm) · ast cocu (fruit of coco palm) · tte niu (fruit of coco palm) · pa ਨਾਰੀਅਲ (fruit of coco palm) · fa نارگیل (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · ar جَوْز الْهِنْد (fruit of coco palm) · ta தேங்காய் (fruit of coco palm) · eo kokosnukso (fruit of coco palm) · sh kokos (shelled seed) · kaw kalapa (fruit of coco palm) · lt kòkosas (fruit of coco palm) · pt coco (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · nl kokosnoot (fruit of coco palm) · kn ತೆಂಗು (fruit of coco palm) · jv kambil (fruit of coco palm) · bcl niyog (shelled seed) · kij nuya (fruit of coco palm) · id kelapa (fruit of coco palm) · bg коко́с (shelled seed) · mva niu (fruit of coco palm) · wo koko (fruit of coco palm) · mi kokonati (fruit of coco palm) · pl kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · fi kopra (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · syc ܢܪܓܝܠ (fruit of coco palm) · woe liu (fruit of coco palm) · fi kookospähkinä (shelled seed) · war lubí (fruit of coco palm) · nb kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · pam ngungut (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · so qumbe (fruit of coco palm) · da kokosnød (fruit of coco palm) · mk ко́кос (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · si පොල් (fruit of coco palm) · ht kòk (fruit of coco palm) · rm nusch cocos (fruit of coco palm) · kn ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (fruit of coco palm) · ms nyiur (fruit of coco palm) · iai nu (fruit of coco palm) · ru коко́совый оре́х (shelled seed) · mk ко́кос (shelled seed) · yap niiw (fruit of coco palm) · urk กลาเม (fruit of coco palm) · sq kokosit (fruit of coco palm) · eu koko (shelled seed) · fy kokosnút (fruit of coco palm) · pt coco (shelled seed) · cab faluma (fruit of coco palm) · bg коко́с (fruit of coco palm) · es coco (fruit of coco palm) · bcl niyog (fruit of coco palm) · km ដូង (fruit of coco palm) · aud niu (fruit of coco palm) · cy cnau coco (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · kxd piasau (fruit of coco palm) · iba nyiur (fruit of coco palm) · pyu dudu (fruit of coco palm) · sjm niyug (fruit of coco palm) · alu niu (fruit of coco palm) · ru коко́совый оре́х (fruit of coco palm) · mg nio (fruit of coco palm) · hnn niyúg (fruit of coco palm) · sh кокос (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · ar نَارْجِيل (fruit of coco palm) · hy կոկոս (fruit of coco palm) · kn ನಾರಿಕೇಳ (shelled seed) · ny kokonati (fruit of coco palm) · bg коко́с (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · ms kelapa (fruit of coco palm) · ml തേങ്ങ (fruit of coco palm) · vi (sọ) dừa (shelled seed) · sw dafu (fruit of coco palm) · pau lius (fruit of coco palm) · tl sapal (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · aii ܢܲܪܓܝܼܠܵܐ (fruit of coco palm) · or ନଡ଼ିଆ (fruit of coco palm) · vi cơm dừa (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · akl niyog (fruit of coco palm) · nlg niu (fruit of coco palm) · tsg niyug (fruit of coco palm) · bnn iasi (fruit of coco palm) · bcl niyog (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · tl niyog (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · aia niu (fruit of coco palm) · tpi kulau (fruit of coco palm) · ceb lubi (fruit of coco palm) · niu niu (fruit of coco palm) · hy հնդկընկույզ (fruit of coco palm) · knb iyug (fruit of coco palm) · pam ngungut (fruit of coco palm) · aji nu (fruit of coco palm) · ch niyok (fruit of coco palm) · tti niu (fruit of coco palm) · ko 코코넛 (shelled seed) · ivb nyoy (fruit of coco palm) · nb kokosnøtt (fruit of coco palm) · vi (trái / quả) dừa (fruit of coco palm) · es laña (fruit of coco palm) · gv cro bainney (shelled seed) · mvv nizuw (fruit of coco palm) · oj gichi-mitigwaabaagomin (fruit of coco palm) · eu koko (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · ti ኮኮናት (fruit of coco palm) · rm cocos (fruit of coco palm) · yo àgbọn (fruit of coco palm) · te కొబ్బరి (fruit of coco palm) · sh кокос (shelled seed) · msk iyog (fruit of coco palm) · pag nióg (fruit of coco palm) · stw niu (fruit of coco palm) · ckb گوێزی ھیندی (fruit of coco palm) · dsb kokosowy wórjech (fruit of coco palm) · sh kokosov orah (shelled seed) · kos nu (fruit of coco palm) · bjn nyiur (fruit of coco palm) · my အုန်း (fruit of coco palm) · sh кокос (fruit of coco palm) · urk กาเม (fruit of coco palm) · hi गरी का गोला (shelled seed) · uk коко́с (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · dv ކުރުނބާ (fruit of coco palm) · cs kokos (fruit of coco palm) · nia banio (fruit of coco palm) · bdr soka' (fruit of coco palm) · apb niu (fruit of coco palm) · ivv niyoy (fruit of coco palm) · hil niyúg (fruit of coco palm) · hi गरी (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · acw جوز الهند (fruit of coco palm) · cmn 椰子肉 (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · sh kokosov orah (fruit of coco palm) · mt ġewż tal-Indi (fruit of coco palm) · nrf cocannette (fruit of coco palm) · km ដូង (shelled seed) · lo ພ້າວ (fruit of coco palm) · krj niyog (fruit of coco palm) · cmn 椰子 (fruit of coco palm) · rap niu (fruit of coco palm) · eo kokoso (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · bn নাইকল (fruit of coco palm) · duo niyóg (fruit of coco palm) · de Kokosnuss (fruit of coco palm) · gv cro bainney (fruit of coco palm) · emi niu (fruit of coco palm) · gdd niu (fruit of coco palm) · ace u (fruit of coco palm) · th เนื้อมะพร้าว (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · id nyiur (fruit of coco palm) · fj niu (fruit of coco palm) · dag kpaakpa (fruit of coco palm) · frr Kookosnööt (fruit of coco palm) · kxa niu (fruit of coco palm) · nan-hbl 椰仔 (fruit of coco palm) · khl niu (fruit of coco palm) · mna ni (fruit of coco palm) · et kookospähkel (fruit of coco palm) · kak niyog (fruit of coco palm) · kl qaqqortariarsuaq (fruit of coco palm) · cja ليعو liu (fruit of coco palm) · hy հնդկընկույզ (shelled seed) · fud niu (fruit of coco palm) · ami heci no afinong (fruit of coco palm) · pi nāḷikeraphala (fruit of coco palm) · cyo niyog (fruit of coco palm) · nen wanu (fruit of coco palm) · sm niu (fruit of coco palm) · lo ໝາກພ້າວ (fruit of coco palm) · so qumbe (fruit of coco palm) · txa niuw (fruit of coco palm) · kzi butan (fruit of coco palm) · fo kokusnøt (fruit of coco palm) · rol niyog (fruit of coco palm) · min karambia (fruit of coco palm) · crh İndistan cevizi (fruit of coco palm) · hrx Kokes (fruit of coco palm) · jv klapa (shelled seed) · bgt niu (fruit of coco palm) · nl kokos (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · cuk ogup (fruit of coco palm) · sa खानोदक (fruit of coco palm) · tr Hindistan cevizi (fruit of coco palm) · mrw niyog (fruit of coco palm) · rm nusch da cocos (fruit of coco palm) · yi קאָקאָסנוס (fruit of coco palm) · tpi drai (fruit of coco palm) · rm nousch da cocos (fruit of coco palm) · lnd fiasau (fruit of coco palm) · sh кокосов орах (fruit of coco palm) · nan-hbl 椰子 (fruit of coco palm) · mt kokonat (fruit of coco palm) · ccc koko (shelled seed) · cjm ꨤꨪꨂꨩ (fruit of coco palm) · mg voaniho (fruit of coco palm) · mn бэт (fruit of coco palm) · th มะพร้าว (fruit of coco palm) · nds Kokosnööt (fruit of coco palm) · kvc niu (fruit of coco palm) · jv krambil (fruit of coco palm) · sl kokosov oreh (fruit of coco palm) · sv kokosnöt (fruit of coco palm) · gil uaa ni (fruit of coco palm) · sk kokosový orech (fruit of coco palm) · pt coco (fruit of coco palm) · pkp niu (fruit of coco palm) · lb Kokosnoss (fruit of coco palm) · eo kokoso (fruit of coco palm) · sv kokosnöt (shelled seed) · nij enyuh (fruit of coco palm) · sib bunyo (fruit of coco palm) · az hind qozu (fruit of coco palm) · dbj niug (fruit of coco palm) · mk ко́косов о́рев (shelled seed) · blz nuur (fruit of coco palm) · kac mă-un (fruit of coco palm) · afb ناریل (fruit of coco palm) · io kokoso (fruit of coco palm) · ht kokoye (fruit of coco palm) · lo ນາລິກາ (fruit of coco palm) · min kalapo (fruit of coco palm) · sw nazi (fruit of coco palm) · shn ဢုၼ် (fruit of coco palm) · kxd kelapa (fruit of coco palm) · cr poskwahwew (poskwahwew) (fruit of coco palm) · hy հնդկական ընկույզ (shelled seed) · cog ดูง (fruit of coco palm) · to niu (fruit of coco palm) · dgc niyóg (fruit of coco palm) · la cocus (fruit of coco palm) · sg koköo (fruit of coco palm) · ka ქოქოსი (shelled seed) · eu koko (fruit of coco palm) · tld niukka (fruit of coco palm) · frs kóókernööet (fruit of coco palm) · azg tëxꞌa (fruit of coco palm) · kpg niu (fruit of coco palm) · af klapper (edible flesh of coconut fruit) · nv mágí bichʼiyąʼ (fruit of coco palm) · cs kokosový ořech (fruit of coco palm) · mcq haraja (fruit of coco palm) · ban nyuh (fruit of coco palm) · hy հնդկական ընկույզ (fruit of coco palm) · kn ತೆಂಗು (shelled seed) · pyu yasi (fruit of coco palm) · kne niyóg (fruit of coco palm) · cmn 椰種 /椰种 (shelled seed) · mel benyoh (fruit of coco palm) · ccc koko (fruit of coco palm) · sa नारिकेल (fruit of coco palm) · bya niyóg (fruit of coco palm) · sk kokos (fruit of coco palm) · ia coco (fruit of coco palm) · ibl niyog (fruit of coco palm) · tg норҷил (fruit of coco palm) · uk коко́совий горі́х (fruit of coco palm) · uk коко́с (shelled seed) · ru коко́с (fruit of coco palm) · pl orzech kokosowy (fruit of coco palm) · shn မၢၵ်ႇဢုၼ် (fruit of coco palm) · ko 코코넛 (fruit of coco palm) · hak 椰仔 (fruit of coco palm) · mlu niu (fruit of coco palm) · as নাৰিকল (fruit of coco palm) · cy cneuen goco (fruit of coco palm) · yue 椰子 (fruit of coco palm)

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