pistachio
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”), of Iranian origin. Compare Middle English pistace (from Middle French pistace, pistache), Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.
Inflected forms:
form: pistachios
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pistachioes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pistache
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
form: pistacchio
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The nutlike fruit of this tree.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We topped ours with pistachio and mint, but this pudding is typically decorated with aromatic jasmine blossoms, a floral nod to summer’s end.
gloss: A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: Chinese pistachio
ground pistachio
pistachioed
pistachio nut
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: fistík
lang: Amharic
word: ፒስታቺዮ
roman: pistačiyo
lang: Armenian
word: պիստակենի
roman: pistakeni
lang: Bulgarian
word: ша́мфъстъ́к
roman: šámfǎstǎ́k
lang: Catalan
word: festuc
lang: Catalan
word: pistatxer
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 阿月渾子 /阿月浑子
roman: āyuèhúnzǐ
lang: Czech
word: pistácie
lang: Esperanto
word: pistakujo
lang: Estonian
word: harilik pistaatsia
lang: Finnish
word: mantelipistaasi
lang: French
word: pistachier
lang: Georgian
word: ფისტა
roman: pisṭa
lang: German
word: Pistazienbaum
lang: Greek
word: φιστικιά
roman: fistikiá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πιστάκη
roman: pistákē
lang: Hindi
word: पिस्ता
roman: pistā
lang: Icelandic
word: pistasíutré
lang: Indonesian
word: pohon fustuk
lang: Indonesian
word: badam hijau
lang: Indonesian
word: pistasio
lang: Italian
word: pistacchio
lang: Kazakh
word: пісте
roman: pıste
lang: Korean
word: 피스타치오 나무
roman: piseutachio namu
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pisteq
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: fisteq
lang: Macedonian
word: ф’стак
roman: f’stak
lang: Macedonian
word: фастак
roman: fastak
lang: Malay
word: pistacio
lang: Malay
word: pistasio
lang: Malay
word: pokok kacang cerdik
lang: Maltese
word: pistaċċi
lang: Marathi
word: पिस्ता
roman: pistā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pistasj
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pistasie
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: pistasj
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: pistasie
lang: Persian
word: پسته
roman: peste
lang: Polish
word: pistacja
lang: Portuguese
word: pistache
lang: Portuguese
word: pistáchio
lang: Portuguese
word: pistácio
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪਿਸਤਾ
roman: pistā
lang: Russian
word: фиста́шковое де́рево
roman: fistáškovoje dérevo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тришља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пистаћ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пистач
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trišlja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pistać
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pistač
lang: Sicilian
word: fastucara
lang: Sicilian
word: pistacchia
lang: Slovak
word: pistácia
lang: Slovene
word: pistacija
lang: Spanish
word: pistachero
lang: Spanish
word: alfóncigo
lang: Swahili
word: mfistiki
lang: Swedish
word: pistaschträd
lang: Swedish
word: pistasch
lang: Tagalog
word: pistatso
lang: Tamil
word: பிஸ்தா மரம்
roman: pistā maram
lang: Turkish
word: Antep fıstığı
lang: Turkish
word: Şam fıstığı
lang: Urdu
word: پستہ
roman: pistā
lang: Vietnamese
word: cây dẻ cười
lang: Vietnamese
word: cây hồ trăn