Chestnut

"Chestnut" in French

châtain

(of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)

marron

(of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit)

alezan

(horse with a reddish-brown coat)

châtaigne

(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)

châtaigner

(wood of a chestnut tree)

châtain

(dark, reddish-brown colour)

marron

(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

(dark, reddish-brown colour)

marronnier

(wood of a chestnut tree)

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