nutmeg
/ˈnʌt.mɛɡ/
nutmeg noun: an evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
Noun
nutmeg (countable and uncountable, plural nutmegs)
- An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
- The powdered seed, ready for use.
- A whole nutmeg seed.
- A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
- A grey-brown colour.
- The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
- The same applied to Loftus-Cheek, who grew into the game after a quiet start and even had the impudence to slip the ball through Marcel Halstenberg’s legs in the first half. Nutmegs aside, Loftus-Cheek also came up with one of England’s best passes of the night, sending Jamie Vardy through the...2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London)
Verb
nutmeg (third-person singular simple present nutmegs, present participle nutmegging, simple past and past participle nutmegged)
- To flavour with nutmeg.
- She decided the eggnog was lacking in flavor, so she decided to nutmeg it heavily.
- To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
- Barcelona did not just out play them, they emphatically put them in their place during that opening 45 minutes when Luis Suárez scored twice, Dani Alves struck the crossbar, Lionel Messi nutmegged David Silva and Manuel Pellegrini’s team stumbled to the interval like a side in need of smelling...2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)
nutmeg meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nutmeg in Hindi
- tree
- जायफल jāyphal
- spice
- जायफल jāyphal
nutmeg in Tamil
- tree
- சாதிக்காய்மரம் cātikkāymaram, சீமைக்கள்ளி cīmaikkaḷḷi
- spice
- சாதிக்காய் cātikkāy
nutmeg in Marathi
- spice
- जायफळ j̈āyphaḷ
nutmeg in Urdu
- nutmeg
- جائپھل jāiphal, پانہ pāna
More languagesFewer languages
- nutmeg in Bengali
- জায়ফল jaẏophol
- nutmeg in Telugu
- జాజికాయ jājikāya
- nutmeg in Malayalam
- ജാതിക്ക jātikka, ജാതി jāti
- nutmeg in Kannada
- ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ jāpatre
- nutmeg in Punjabi
- ਜਾਇਫਲ jāiphal
- nutmeg in Gujarati
- જાયફળ jāyaphaḷ
- nutmeg in Odia
- ଜାଇଫଳ jāiphaḷa, କୋଷ koṣa
- nutmeg in Sanskrit
- जाति jāti, फल phala, जातिफल jātiphala, जातीफल jātīphala
- nutmeg in Sinhala
- සාදික්කා sādikkā
- nutmeg in Assamese
- জাঁইফল zãiphol
- nutmeg in Nepali
- जाइफल, जायफल, जायफलमा
- nutmeg in Tagalog
- moskada
- nutmeg in Arabic
- جَوْزَةْ اَلطِّيب jawzat aṭ-ṭīb, جِسْرٌ صَغِير jisrun ṣaḡīr
- nutmeg in Malay
- pala, buah pala
- nutmeg in Indonesian
- pala
- nutmeg in Persian
- جوز هندی jowz-e hendi, گوز هندی gowz-e hendi
- nutmeg in Thai
- จันทน์เทศ jan-têet
- nutmeg in Vietnamese
- hạt nhục đậu khấu
- nutmeg in Myanmar
- ဇာတိပ္ဖိုလ် jatiphpuil, ဇာတိပ္ဖိုလ်စေ့ jatiphpuilce.
- Dhivehi
- ތަކޫވައް takūvak̊
Examples of nutmeg in a sentence
- The magnolia and nutmeg families belong to the order Magnoliales.
- Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
- The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.
Forms of nutmeg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nutmegs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nutmegs |
| present participle | nutmegging |
| past participle | nutmegged |
| past | nutmegged |
Origin of nutmeg
From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede. For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.
Words formed from nutmeg
- African nutmeg
- calabash nutmeg
- catabash nutmeg
- false nutmeg
- Japanese nutmeg
- Natmeg
- Nutmegger
- nutmeg geranium
- nutmeggy
- nutmeg liver
- nutmeg mannikin
- nutmeg melon
- nutmeg pigeon
- nutmeg pippin
- nutmeg psychosis
- nutmeg yew
- Peruvian nutmeg
- plume nutmeg
- wooden nutmeg
- meg
Phrases with nutmeg
Questions about nutmeg
- What does nutmeg mean?
- Nutmeg means an evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
- What is nutmeg in Hindi?
- Nutmeg in Hindi is जायफल (jāyphal). See Nutmeg meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nutmeg?
- Nutmeg can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nutmeg?
- Nutmeg is pronounced /ˈnʌt.mɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of nutmeg?
- The plural of nutmeg is nutmegs.
Words near nutmeg in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nutmeg (page history and authors); جائپھل (Urdu) (page history and authors); জায়ফল (Bengali) (page history and authors); జాజికాయ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ജാതി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਜਾਇਫਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); କୋଷ (Odia) (page history and authors); জাঁইফল (Assamese) (page history and authors); nutmeg (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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