horse chestnut

See also: horse-chestnut

English

Aesculus hippocastanum

horse chestnut seeds

Alternative forms

• horse-chestnut

Etymology

Translating obsolete Latin name Castanea equina.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔːs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔɹs ˈtʃɛsnʌt/

Noun

horse chestnut (plural horse chestnuts)

1. Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.
2. The large nutlike seed of these trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): buckeye (US), conker tree (UK, informal)
• (seed): buckeye (US), conker (UK)

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: див кестен m (div kesten), конски кестен m (konski kesten)
• Catalan: castanyer d'Índia m, castanyer bord m
• Dutch: paardenkastanje (nl) m
• Esperanto: hipokaŝtano
• Finnish: hevoskastanja (fi)
• French: marronnier (fr) m, marronnier d’Inde (fr) m
• German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f
• Greek: αγριοκαστανιά (el) f (agriokastaniá)
• Hungarian: vadgesztenyefa (hu), gesztenyefa (hu)
• Irish: crann cnó capaill m
• Italian: ippocastano (it) m, castagno d'India m
• Latin: castanea equina f, castanea f
• Macedonian: див костен m (div kosten)
• Norman: chât'nyi à j'va m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hestekastanje m

  Nynorsk: hestekastanje m

• Ottoman Turkish: آت كستانه‌سی (at kestanesi)
• Polish: kasztanowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f, castanheira-da-índia f, castanheiro-da-índia m
• Romanian: castan (ro) m, castan sălbatic m
• Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán)
• Scottish Gaelic: craobh-geanmchno-fhiadhaich f
• Slovak: pagaštan konský (sk)
• Spanish: castaño de Indias m
• Swedish: hästkastanj (sv) c
• Turkish: at kestanesi (tr)
• Volapük: skäulep, skäulabim (vo)
• Welsh: castanwydden y meirch f, marchgastanwydden f

seed

• Finnish: hevoskastanja (fi)
• French: marron (fr) m, marron d’Inde (fr) m
• German: Rosskastanie (de) f, Kastanie (de) f
• Hungarian: vadgesztenye (hu), gesztenye (hu)
• Irish: cnó capaill m
• Italian: castagna d'India f
• Macedonian: див костен m (div kosten)
• Manx: castan ny gabbil m
• Ottoman Turkish: آت كستانه‌سی (at kestanesi)
• Portuguese: castanha-da-índia f
• Russian: ко́нский кашта́н m (kónskij kaštán)
• Spanish: castaña de Indias f
• Swedish: hästkastanj (sv) c
• Turkish: at kestanesi (tr)
• Volapük: skäul (vo)
• Welsh: castan y meirch f, marchgastan f, cneuen geffylau f

Further reading

• “horse-chestnut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• horse chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aesculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies