pistache

English

Noun

pistache (plural pistaches)

1. Dated form of pistachio.

Anagrams

• capeshit, hepatics, pastiche, scaphite

Dutch

Etymology

From French pistache, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pisˈtɑʃ/

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Noun

pistache c (plural pistaches, diminutive pistachetje n) m or f

1. The pistachio tree (Pistacia vera)
2. Its greenish, edible nut-like fruit; also sugared etc. as candy
3. A sweet resembling the above candy
4. The fruit's taste, also as a flavor, notably of ice cream

   Twee bollen vanille en één pistache, graag

   Two scoops vanilla and one pistaccio, please

Synonyms

• (tree and fruit) pimpernoot, groene amandel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian pistacio, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pis.taʃ/

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Noun

pistache f (plural pistaches)

1. pistachio (nut)
2. (Louisiana, Missouri) peanut

Derived terms

• pistachier m (“Pistacia vera (tree)”)

Descendants

• → Dutch: pistache
• → Finnish: pistaasi
• → Irish: piostáis
• → Luxembourgish: Pistasch
• → Norwegian Bokmål: pistasj
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: pistasj
• → Portuguese: pistache
• → Spanish: pistacho, pistache
  • → Tagalog: pistatso
• → Swedish: pistasch

Further reading

• “pistache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chipâtes

Portuguese

Pistacia vera

Alternative forms

• pistácia, pistácio, pistacho, pistacha, pistáchio
• pistáchis (rare)

Etymology

From French pistache, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piʃˈta.t͡ʃɨ/

Noun

pistache m (plural pistaches)

1. pistachio (Pistacia vera, a deciduous tree)
2. pistachio (the nut-like fruit of the pistachio tree)

Spanish

Noun

pistache m (plural pistaches)

1. Alternative form of pistacho

Further reading

• “pistache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014