peanut
Syllables: pea·nutUK/ˈpiːnʌt//ˈpiˌnʌt/
peanut noun: a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
Noun
peanut (plural peanuts)
- A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
- Synonyms:
- goober, goober bean, goober pea, monkey nut, pinder
- Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
- Synonyms:
- countneck
- See peanuts (“very small amount”).
Verb
peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)
Proper noun capitalized: Peanut
Peanut
- A given name for a pet animal.
peanut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
peanut in Hindi
- a legume resembling a nut
- मूँगफली mūṅgaphlī
peanut in Tamil
- a legume resembling a nut
- நிலக்கடலை nilakkaṭalai, கச்சான் kaccāṉ
peanut in Marathi
- a legume resembling a nut
- शेंगदाणा śeṅgdāṇā
peanut in Urdu
- a legume resembling a nut
- مونگفلی mungfali
More languagesFewer languages
- peanut in Bengali
- চিনাবাদাম cinabadam, চীনাবাদাম cinabadam
- peanut in Telugu
- వేరుసెనగ vērusenaga, వేరుసెనగకాయ vērusenagakāya, పల్లీ pallī, పల్లీకాయ pallīkāya
- peanut in Malayalam
- കപ്പലണ്ടി kappalaṇṭi, നിലക്കടല nilakkaṭala
- peanut in Kannada
- ಕಡಲೇಕಾಯಿ kaḍalēkāyi
- peanut in Punjabi
- ਮੁੰਗਫਲੀ muṅgphalī
- peanut in Gujarati
- મગફળી magphaḷī
- peanut in Assamese
- বাদাম badam
- peanut in Nepali
- बदाम् badām
- peanut in Tagalog
- mani
- peanut in Arabic
- فُولٌ سُودَانِيٌّ fūlun sūdāniyyun, فُسْتُقُ العَبِيد fustuqu l-ʕabīd, سَبَال sabāl, فُسْتُقُ الأَرْضِ fustuqu l-ʔarḍi
- peanut in Malay
- kacang tanah
- peanut in Indonesian
- kacang tanah
- peanut in Persian
- بادام کوهی bâdâm kuhi, بادام زمینی bâdâm zamini
- peanut in Thai
- ถั่วลิสง lí-sǒng, ลิสง lí-sǒng
- peanut in Vietnamese
- đậu phộng, đậu phụng, lạc
- peanut in Myanmar
- မြေပဲ mrepai:
Examples of peanut in a sentence
- He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.
- There are many sorts of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.
- The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
Synonyms of peanut
Forms of peanut
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | peanuts |
| alternative form (obsolete) | pea nut |
| alternative form (obsolete) | pea-nut |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | peanuts |
| present participle | peanutting |
| past participle | peanutted |
| past | peanutted |
Origin of peanut
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
From peanut.
Words formed from peanut
- chocnut
- circus peanut
- cocktail peanut
- hog peanut
- if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- Japanese peanut
- packing peanut
- peanut ball
- peanut brittle
- peanut bunker
- peanut butter
- peanut butter and jelly
- peanut butter cup
- peanut cactus
- peanut gallery
- peanut-headed lanternfly
- peanutless
- peanutlike
- Peanut Man
- peanut marzipan
- peanut milk
- peanut oil
- peanut paste
- peanut table
- peanut tree
- peanut tube
- peanutty
- peanut whistle
- peanut worm
- Peanut yellow mosaic virus
Phrases with peanut
Questions about peanut
- What does peanut mean?
- Peanut means a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
- What is peanut in Hindi?
- Peanut in Hindi is मूँगफली (mūṅgaphlī). See Peanut meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is peanut?
- Peanut can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce peanut?
- Peanut is pronounced /ˈpiːnʌt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of peanut?
- The plural of peanut is peanuts.
Words near peanut in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peanut (page history and authors); Peanut (page history and authors); મગફળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); बदाम् (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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