acajou
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu.[1] Doublet of cashew.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/, /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/, /a.kaˈʒu/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editacajou (countable and uncountable, plural acajous)
- The cashew tree. [From the late 16th century.][2]
- 2020, Betsy Wing, transl., Mahagony[sic], 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.
- A cashew nut. [From the late 16th century.][2]
- The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
- A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
- acajou:(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
editcashew tree — see cashew
cashew nut — see cashew nut
wood from trees of Meliaceae family — see mahogany
moderate reddish brown colour
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References
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editacajou m (plural acajous)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “acajou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editNoun
editacajou m (plural acajous)
Synonyms
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