nutmeg
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: nutmegs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nutmegs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nutmegging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nutmegged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nutmegged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A grey-brown colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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 middle at the end of the first half.
gloss: To flavour with nutmeg.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She decided the eggnog was lacking in flavor, so she decided to nutmeg it heavily.
gloss: To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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 salts rather than half-time oranges.
Related words: myristic
mace
Derived words: African nutmeg
calabash nutmeg
catabash 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
nutmegger
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: arrë muskat
lang: Armenian
word: մշկընկույզ
roman: mškənkuyz
lang: Azerbaijani
word: cövüz
lang: Bulgarian
word: муска́тово о́рехче
roman: muskátovo órehče
lang: Bulgarian
word: инди́йско о́рехче
roman: indíjsko órehče
lang: Bulgarian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Bulgarian
word: муска́тово дърво́
roman: muskátovo dǎrvó
lang: Burmese
word: ဇာတိပ္ဖိုလ်
roman: jatiphpuil
lang: Czech
word: muškátovník
lang: Czech
word: macizeň pravá
lang: Dutch
word: muskaatboom
lang: Finnish
word: muskottipuu
lang: French
word: muscadier
lang: German
word: Muskatnussbaum
lang: German
word: Muskatbaum
lang: Greek
word: μοσχοκαρυδιά
roman: moschokarydiá
lang: Hawaiian
word: hua ʻala
lang: Hebrew
word: מוסקט
roman: muscat
lang: Hindi
word: जायफल
roman: jāyphal
lang: Hungarian
word: szerecsendiófa
lang: Ido
word: muskadiero
lang: Indonesian
word: pala
lang: Japanese
word: ニクズク
roman: nikuzuku
lang: Kalmyk
word: зать
roman: zatʹ
lang: Kannada
word: ಜಾಪತ್ರೆ
roman: jāpatre
lang: Northeast Kiwai
word: rehebo
lang: Macedonian
word: му́скатов о́рев
roman: múskatov órev
lang: Macedonian
word: мо́рски о́рев
roman: mórski órev
lang: Macedonian
word: му́скатно о́ревче
roman: múskatno órevče
lang: Malay
word: pala
lang: Mato
word: mada
lang: Persian
word: جوز هندی
roman: jowz-e hendi
lang: Persian
word: گوز هندی
roman: gowz-e hendi
lang: Polish
word: muszkatowiec
lang: Polish
word: muszkatołowiec
lang: Polish
word: muszkat
lang: Portuguese
word: noz-moscada
lang: Romanian
word: nucșor
lang: Ronji
word: maja
lang: Russian
word: муска́тный оре́х
roman: muskátnyj oréx
lang: Russian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Russian
word: муска́тник
roman: muskátnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatni oraščić
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškat
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatni orah
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatno drvo
lang: Sicilian
word: nuci muscata
lang: Sinhalese
word: සාදික්කා
roman: sādikkā
lang: Slovene
word: muškatni orešček
lang: Slovene
word: muškatni orešek
lang: Slovene
word: muškatno drevo
lang: Slovene
word: muškatovec
lang: Slovene
word: muškat
lang: Spanish
word: árbol de la nuez moscada
lang: Spanish
word: mirística
lang: Swahili
word: mkungumanga
lang: Swedish
word: muskot
lang: Swedish
word: muskotträd
lang: Tagalog
word: moskada
lang: Tamil
word: சாதிக்காய்மரம்
roman: cātikkāymaram
lang: Tamil
word: சீமைக்கள்ளி
roman: cīmaikkaḷḷi
lang: Turkish
word: Hint cevizi
lang: Turkish
word: muskat
lang: Ukrainian
word: муска́тний горі́х
roman: muskátnyj horíx
lang: Ukrainian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Ukrainian
word: муска́тник
roman: muskátnyk
lang: Welsh
word: nytmeg
lang: Welsh
word: nytmegs
lang: Yiddish
word: מושקאַט
roman: mushkat
lang: Yiddish
word: מוסקאַטבוים
roman: muskatboym
lang: Yiddish
word: מושקעטבוים
roman: mushketboym
lang: Afrikaans
word: neutmuskaat
lang: Albanian
word: arrë muskat
lang: Arabic
word: جَوْزَةْ اَلطِّيب
roman: jawzat aṭ-ṭīb
lang: Arabic
word: جوزة الطيب
roman: guzt eṭ-ṭīb
lang: Arabic
word: جوزة الطِّيب
roman: jōzat aṭ-ṭīb
lang: Armenian
word: մշկընկույզ
roman: mškənkuyz
lang: Azerbaijani
word: cövüz
lang: Bulgarian
word: муска́тово о́рехче
roman: muskátovo órehče
lang: Bulgarian
word: инди́йско о́рехче
roman: indíjsko órehče
lang: Bulgarian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Burmese
word: ဇာတိပ္ဖိုလ်စေ့
roman: jatiphpuilce.
lang: Catalan
word: nou moscada
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 肉豆蔻
roman: ròudòukòu
lang: Cornish
word: knowen vuskat
lang: Cornish
word: know muskat
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: miskat cevizi
lang: Czech
word: muškát
lang: Czech
word: muškátový ořech
lang: Danish
word: muskat
lang: Danish
word: muskatnød
lang: Dhivehi
word: ތަކޫވައް
roman: takūvak̊
lang: Dutch
word: muskaat
lang: Dutch
word: muskaatnoot
lang: Dutch
word: nootmuskaat
lang: Esperanto
word: muskato
lang: Finnish
word: muskotti
lang: Finnish
word: muskottipähkinä
lang: French
word: noix de muscade
lang: French
word: noix muscade
lang: Georgian
word: მუსკატი
roman: musḳaṭi
lang: Georgian
word: ჯავზი
roman: ǯavzi
lang: German
word: Muskat
lang: German
word: Muskatnuss
lang: Greek
word: μοσχοκάρυδο
roman: moschokárydo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κώμακον
roman: kṓmakon
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μοσχοκάρυον
roman: moskhokáruon
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μοσχοκαρύδιον
roman: moskhokarúdion
lang: Gujarati
word: જાયફળ
roman: jāyaphaḷ
lang: Hawaiian
word: hua ʻala
lang: Hindi
word: जायफल
roman: jāyphal
lang: Hungarian
word: szerecsendió
lang: Icelandic
word: múskat
lang: Ido
word: muskado
lang: Indonesian
word: pala
lang: Irish
word: noitmig
lang: Italian
word: noce moscata
lang: Japanese
word: ナツメグ
roman: natsumegu
lang: Kalmyk
word: зать
roman: zatʹ
lang: Khmer
word: ឡាវហាវ
roman: laawhaaw
lang: Low German
word: Muschatennööt
lang: Low German
word: Beschatennööt
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Muskot
lang: Macedonian
word: му́скат
roman: múskat
lang: Macedonian
word: мо́рско о́ревче
roman: mórsko órevče
lang: Macedonian
word: му́скатно о́ревче
roman: múskatno órevče
lang: Malay
word: buah pala
lang: Brunei Malay
word: buah pala
lang: Māori
word: natimeke
lang: Marathi
word: जायफळ
roman: j̈āyphaḷ
lang: Norman
word: muscade
lang: Norwegian
word: muskatnøtt
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: muskat
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: muskat
lang: Persian
word: جوز هندی
roman: jowz-e hendi
lang: Persian
word: گوز هندی
roman: gowz-e hendi
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Mauskelnät
lang: Polish
word: gałka muszkatołowa
lang: Portuguese
word: noz-moscada
lang: Romanian
word: nucșoară
lang: Russian
word: муска́тный оре́х
roman: muskátnyj oréx
lang: Russian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Sanskrit
word: जाति
roman: jāti
lang: Sanskrit
word: फल
roman: phala
lang: Sanskrit
word: जातिफल
roman: jātiphala
lang: Sanskrit
word: जातीफल
roman: jātīphala
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatni oraščić
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškat
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: muškatni orah
lang: Sicilian
word: nuci muscata
lang: Slovene
word: muškatni orešček
lang: Slovene
word: muškatni orešek
lang: Slovene
word: muškat
lang: Spanish
word: nuez moscada
lang: Swahili
word: kungumanga
lang: Swedish
word: muskot
lang: Swedish
word: muskotnöt
lang: Tagalog
word: moskada
lang: Tamil
word: சாதிக்காய்
roman: cātikkāy
lang: Ternate
word: gosora
lang: Thai
word: จันทน์เทศ
roman: jan-têet
lang: Tibetan
word: ཛ་ཏི
roman: dza ti
lang: Turkish
word: muskat
lang: Ukrainian
word: муска́тний горі́х
roman: muskátnyj horíx
lang: Ukrainian
word: муска́т
roman: muskát
lang: Vietnamese
word: hạt nhục đậu khấu
lang: Welsh
word: cnau'r India
lang: Welsh
word: nytmeg
lang: Yiddish
word: מושקעט
roman: mushket
lang: Yiddish
word: מוסקאַט
roman: muskat
lang: Yiddish
word: מושקאַט
roman: mushkat