castaña
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- chestnut
- (colloquial) strike, wallop hard hit
- bun, chignon (haircut)
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- (colloquial) yawn boring thing
- (colloquial) piece of junk
- (colloquial) year (used in talking about ages)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish castanna inherited from Latin castanea (chestnut, chestnut tree, chestnut-tree) derived from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (chestnut).
Origin
Ancient Greek
καστάνεια
Gloss
chestnut
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
栗
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- castalagin English
- castanet English
- castanea Latin
- castanealis Latin
- castaneam Latin
- castanearius Latin
- castaneolus Latin
- castānea Latin
- Kastanie German
- castagna Italian
- castagnaio Italian
- castagnatura Italian
- pesce castagna Italian
- castagnette French
- кастаньета Russian
- каштан Russian
- castañas Spanish, Castilian
- castañero Spanish, Castilian
- castañeta Spanish, Castilian
- castañetear Spanish, Castilian
- castañuela Spanish, Castilian
- καστάνεια Ancient Greek
- καστάνεια, κάστανα Ancient Greek
- κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ Ancient Greek
- kasztan Polish
- ċisten Old English
- castanetum Old Norse
- kastanje Danish
- chastaigne Old French
- castanya Catalan, Valencian
- castanyada Catalan, Valencian
- castanyer Catalan, Valencian
- kastanía Icelandic
- castanwydd Welsh
- kestina Old High German
- castán Old Irish
- Käscht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gështenjë Albanian
- castanna Old Portuguese
- cãstãnji Aromanian
- Chestene Alemannic German
- kostanj Slovene
- castaña Asturian
- cjastine Friulian
- castanna Old Spanish
- kistin Breton
- kesten Cornish