peanut

See also: pea nut, pea-nut, and Peanut

English

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Etymology

From pea +‎ nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pē'nŭt", IPA(key): /ˈpiːnʌt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiˌnʌt/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Hyphenation: pea‧nut

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

  2. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
  4. (US) Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
  5. (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).

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Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

  1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

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Danish

Etymology

From English peanut.

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

  1. peanut

Inflection

Declension of peanut
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative peanut peanutten peanuts peanuttene
genitive peanuts peanuttens peanuts' peanuttenes

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