noix

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nois, from Latin nux.

Note that both used to mean “nuts (in general)” and “walnuts (in particular)” – compare Spanish carne, meaning both “flesh (in general)” and “beef (in particular)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwa/, /nwɑ/

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• Homophones: noie, noient, noies, noua, nouas, nouât

Noun

noix f (plural noix)

1. (strictly) walnut
2. (loosely) any nut
3. knob, pat (of butter)
4. cushion (round fillet of meat)

   noix de bœuf ― eye of round

   noix de veau ― cushion of veal (UK); veal scallop (US)

5. (slang, chiefly in the plural) testicle

Derived terms

• à la noix
• casse-noix
• noisette
• noix de cajou
• noix de coco
• noix de Grenoble
• noix de macadamia
• noix de muscade
• noix de pécan
• noix de pin
• noix de Saint-Jacques
• noix du Brésil
• noyer

Related terms

• nuciculteur

Further reading

• “noix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• inox

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *noːjꟲ (“small”). Cognate with Thai น้อย (nɔ́ɔi), Lao ນ້ອຍ (nǭi), Lü ᦓᦾᧉ (noay²), Shan ၼွႆႉ (nâ̰ui).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /noːi˦˨/
• Tone numbers: noi⁴
• Hyphenation: noix

Adjective

noix (Sawndip forms 𫴻 or 𭁧 or 𮤰 or 𫴹 or 𮤭 or ⿰子内 or 内 or 㐻 or 呐, 1957–1982 spelling noiч)

1. few; little

   Antonym: lai