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# {{lb|en|nautical}} A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
# {{lb|en|zoology}} See ''[[acorn-shell]]''.
# {{lb|en|zoology}} See ''[[acorn-shell]]''.
# The [[glans penis]].
# {{lb|en|informal}} The [[glans penis]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2021|author=A. W. Strouse|title=Form & Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumsion
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2021|author=A. W. Strouse|title=Form & Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision
|passage=The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his '''acorn''' showing.}}
|passage=The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his '''acorn''' showing.}}
# {{lb|en|slang|usually|in the plural}} A [[testicle]].
# {{lb|en|slang|usually|in the plural}} A [[testicle]].
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der2|en
{{col2|en
|acorn barnacle
|acorn barnacle
|acorn sugar
|acorn sugar
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* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בַּלּוּט|m|tr=balút}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בַּלּוּט|m|tr=balút}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बाँजफल|m}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बाँजफल|m}}
* Hopi: {{t|hop|kwingyaptuva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|makk}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|makk}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|akarn|n}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|akarn|n}}
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* Middle English: {{t|enm|acorn}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|acorn}}
* Mohegan-Pequot: {{t|xpq|anôhcum}}
* Mohegan-Pequot: {{t|xpq|anôhcum}}
* Nahuatl : {{t+|nah|ahuatomatl}}
* Nahuatl: {{t+|nah|ahuatomatl}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|chéchʼil binááʼ}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|chéchʼil binááʼ}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ghiàndra|f}}, {{t|nap|gliandra|f}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ghiàndra|f}}, {{t|nap|gliandra|f}}

Latest revision as of 15:56, 5 January 2025

English

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Acorns.
 Acorn (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égrō (“berry”). Cognate with Scots aicorn, Saterland Frisian Äkkene, Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), Welsh eirin (“plums”), Breton irin (“plum”), Irish airne (“sloe”), Lithuanian úoga, Russian я́года (jágoda, “berry”), etc. Not related to Old English āc (“oak”) or corn (“corn, seed”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acorn (plural acorns)

  2. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  3. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  4. (zoology) See acorn-shell.
  5. (informal) The glans penis.
    • 2021, A. W. Strouse, Form & Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision:
      The Romans, likewise, represented the uncouth Priapus—the god of rustic fertility and sexual assault—as comically well endowed, with his acorn showing.
  6. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Holonyms

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  • (fruit of an oak): oak

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  • (glans penis): Tony Thorne (2014) “acorn”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

See also

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English æcern, from Proto-West Germanic *akran, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.

The last element of this word is often remodelled on corn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːkər/, /ˈakɔrn/, /ˈaːkɔrn/

Noun

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acorn

  1. An acorn or similar fruit.

Descendants

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  • English: acorn
  • Scots: aicorn

References

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