A marron glacé is a sugar coated chestnut, similar to the Japanese sweet natto.
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Chestnut
/ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)nʌt/
Synonyms for "chestnut" (120 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
castaneouschestnut-brownclichecolorcommonplacecommonplace expressioncoppercopper-coloredcopperycorncupreousdapple graydapple-graydunebonyerythristicfamiliar tuneferruginousfoxygray
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greygrizzlehackneyed sayinghennajoe millerjoke with whiskerslieu communliver-brownliver-coloredlivid-brownlocus communis
Related words (60)
mahoganyoakold jokeold sawold songold storyold turkeyold wheezepaintpainted ponyphrasepiebaldpigmentpintoplatitudeprosaicismprosaismprosequipred-crested
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red-hairedred-polledred-tuftedreddish-brownreiterationretold storyroanrubiginousrufousrussetrussetyrustrust-coloredrustyskewbaldsorrelstereotyped sayingsunburnedterra cottaterra-cottatitiantreetrite joketrite sayingtriticismtwice told taletwice-told talewarmed-over cabbagewoodxanthous
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: chestnut tree, adust, auburn, auburn, banality.
- Sentence evidence is available for chestnut, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "chestnut"
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If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
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Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
11 entriesAmerican chestnut treeChinese chestnut treeEuropean chestnut treebanal remarkclichédark chestnuthackneyed linelight chestnutold chestnutroasted chestnutsweet chestnut
Collocations
10 entriesEuropean chestnutJapanese chestnutchestnut coatchestnut colorchestnut hairchestnut treeold chestnutreddish brownroasted chestnutssweet chestnut
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entrieschestnut colorchestnutty
similar
1 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gështenjë noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κάστανον noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Arabic
4 entries- أبو فَرْوَة noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- ابو فروة noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- كستنا noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- كَسْتَنَاء noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Armenian
1 entries- շագանակ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Asturian
1 entries- castaña noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kəstanə noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- şabalıd noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Basque
1 entries- gaztaina noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Belarusian
1 entries- кашта́н noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Bengali
1 entries- বাদামী noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ке́стен noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Catalan
1 entries- castanya noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏘᎵ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 栗子 noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 板栗 noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- 栗子 noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Cornish
1 entries- kestenen noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Czech
1 entries- kaštan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Danish
1 entries- kastanje noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Dutch
2 entries- kastanje noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- tamme kastanje noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaŝtano noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Estonian
1 entries- kastan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Faroese
1 entries- kastanja noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Finnish
1 entries- kastanja noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
French
2 entries- châtaigne noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- marron noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Friulian
1 entries- cjastine noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Galician
3 entries- baloca noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- bullote noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- castaña noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Georgian
1 entries- წაბლი noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
German
4 entries- Chestene noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- Edelkastanie noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- Esskastanie noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- Kastanie noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Greek
1 entries- κάστανο noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Gujarati
1 entries- ચેસ્ટનટ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Hawaiian
2 entries- pelakano noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- pelane noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- ערמון noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- gesztenye noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Icelandic
2 entries- kastanía noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- kastaníuhneta noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Ido
1 entries- kastano noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Indonesian
3 entries- berangan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- kastanye noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- lakci noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Irish
2 entries- castán noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- cnó capaill noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Italian
1 entries- castagna noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Japanese
1 entries- 栗 noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Korean
1 entries- 밤 noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Lao
1 entries- ໝາກກໍ່ໜາມ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Latgalian
1 entries- kaštans noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Latin
1 entries- castanea noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Latvian
1 entries- kastanis noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kaštainis noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- kaštonas noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Käscht noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- ко́стен noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Maltese
1 entries- qastan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Manx
3 entries- castan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- castan Spaainagh noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- cro Spaainagh noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- շահպալութ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Māori
1 entries- katania ratina noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Navajo
1 entries- neeshchʼííłchííʼ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- berû noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- kestane noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kastanje noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kastanje noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Occitan
1 entries- castanha noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كستانه noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- ґестиня noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kostaunt noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Polish
1 entries- kasztan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Portuguese
1 entries- castanha noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Romanian
1 entries- castană noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Russian
1 entries- кашта́н noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- castan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȅstēn noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- ке̏сте̄н noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Slovak
1 entries- gaštan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Slovene
1 entries- kostanj noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Spanish
1 entries- castaña noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Swahili
1 entries- aramoni noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Swedish
1 entries- kastanj noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Tagalog
1 entries- kastanyas noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Thai
1 entries- เกาลัด noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Turkish
1 entries- kestane noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кашта́н noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hạt dẻ noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Volapük
2 entries- kätan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- kätuk noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Walloon
1 entries- cascagne noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Welsh
1 entries- cneuen gastan noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Yiddish
3 entries- קאַשטאַן noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- קאַשטן noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
- קעסט noun (edible nut of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); nut from a related shrub or tree; similar nut from an unrelated plant)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The prancing chestnut mare neighed as she tried to get rid of the rider.
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The prancing chestnut mare whinnied as she tried to get rid of the rider.
Source: tatoeba (1602321)
While the car driver obtains an approximate view of a blooming meadow the city cyclist notices the different colors and scents of the blossoms, the smell of freshly mown grass, the swoosh of leaves of a chestnut tree, the sunlight twinkling through trees shimmering green in springtime.
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Showing 4 of 36 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "chestnut"?
Closest matches include chestnut tree, adust, auburn, auburn, banality.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "chestnut"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.