Chestnut

//ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)nʌt//

Synonyms for "chestnut" (106 found)

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228 translations across 80 languages.

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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)
  • أَشْقَر noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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)

Armenian

2 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)
  • շագանակագույն noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Asturian

4 entries
  • castañu adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marrón adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • marrón noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • kəhər noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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

4 entries
  • гнядая noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гнядое noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гняды noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гнядыя noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)

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

4 entries
  • кестеняв adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • дорест кон noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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)
  • ке́стен noun (wood of a chestnut tree)

Catalan

4 entries
  • castany adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marró adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • castany noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)
  • 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

3 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)
  • 栗色 noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

2 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)
  • kaštanově hnědá noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Danish

3 entries
  • kastanjebrun adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • kastanjebrun noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kastanjebruin adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • kastanjebruine adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • kastanjebruin noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

4 entries
  • kastanjanruskea adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • punaruskea adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • rautias adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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

4 entries
  • châtain adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marron adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • alezan noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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)

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

4 entries
  • castaño adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marrón adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • bis noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Georgian

2 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)
  • წაბლისფერი noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

German

4 entries
  • kastanienbraun adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)

Greek

3 entries
  • καστανός adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • καστανό noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

2 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)
  • pej noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)

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

2 entries
  • kastanea adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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

4 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)
  • kayu berangan noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • 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

4 entries
  • donnrua adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • donnrua noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Italian

4 entries
  • castano adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • castagneto noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • castano noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 栗毛 adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • クリ材 noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • 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)
  • 栗色 noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Korean

1 entries
  • 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

3 entries
  • spādix adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • spādīx noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Latvian

4 entries
  • bēra noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • bēras noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • bēri noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • bērs noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • kaštoninis adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • kaštanas noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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

4 entries
  • костенлив adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • ко́стен noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • костенлива noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

2 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)
  • pākā noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

1 entries
  • kastanje noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

2 entries
  • قومرال adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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

4 entries
  • castanho adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marrom adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • castanho noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਲਾਖਾ adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)

Romanian

2 entries
  • roib adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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

4 entries
  • кашта́новый adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • гнеда́я ло́шадь noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гнедо́й noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гнедо́й конь noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)

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

4 entries
  • kȅstenjast adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • ке̏стењаст adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • kȅstenjasta noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)
  • 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)

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

4 entries
  • castaño adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • marrón adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • 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)
  • castaño noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

4 entries
  • fux noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • 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)
  • kastanj noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • kastanj noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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

3 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)
  • kestane noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • kestane noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • гніда noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гніде noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гнідий noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)
  • гніді noun (horse with a reddish-brown coat)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nâu hạt dẻ adj (of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)
  • gỗ dẻ noun (wood of a chestnut tree)
  • 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)
  • nâu hạt dẻ noun (dark, reddish-brown colour)

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A marron glacé is a sugar coated chestnut, similar to the Japanese sweet natto.

Source: tatoeba (1260130)

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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.