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Middle English
- chasteine, chasten, chasteyn, chaston, chestan, chestayn, chesten, chestein, chestyn, cheston, kesteyn
Etymology
From a combination of Old French chastaigne and Old English ċisten, both from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛsˈtæi̯n(ə)/, /t͡ʃasˈtæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃɛstən/
- Rhymes: -æi̯n(ə)
Noun
chesteyne (plural chesteynes)
- A chestnut tree (tree of the genus Castanea)
- A chestnut; the nut of the chestnut tree.
- (rare) chestnut wood.
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