noix

From Old French nois, from Latin nux, nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Note that both used to mean “nuts (in general)” and “walnuts (in particular)” – compare Spanish carne, meaning both “meat (in general)” and “beef (in particular)”.

• IPA^(key): /nwɑ/

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• Homophones: noie, noient, noies, noua, nouas, nouât

noix f (plural noix)

1. walnut
2. nut

• nuciculteur

• “noix” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• inox