acajou

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English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu.[1] Doublet of cashew.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    acajou (countable and uncountable, plural acajous)

    1. The cashew tree. [2]
      • 2020, Betsy Wing, transl., Mahagony, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, translation of original by Édouard Glissant, →ISBN, page 105:
        The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.
    2. A cashew nut. [2]
    3. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
    4. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
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    Translations

    References

    1. ^ Lindberg, Christine A., ed. The Oxford College Dictionary. 2nd. New York: Spark Publishing, 2007.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

    French

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Old Tupi akaîu.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      acajou m (plural acajous)

      1. cashew tree; also, its fruit
      2. mahogany tree; also, its timber

      Descendants

      • → English: cashew, acajou

      Further reading

      Norman

      Etymology

      Borrowed from French acajou.

      Noun

      acajou m (plural acajous)

      1. (Jersey) mahogany

      Synonyms

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