acajou

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi acaju or agapú (“mahogany”) or the same root as cashew.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/, /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/, /a.kaˈʒu/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

acajou (countable and uncountable, plural acajous)

1. The cashew tree. [From the late 16th century.]
   • 2020, Betsy Wing (translator), Édouard Glissant, Mahagony,^[sic] University of Nebraska Press, page 105,

     The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.

2. A cashew nut. [From the late 16th century.]
3. The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
4. A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.

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Translations

cashew tree — see cashew

cashew nut — see cashew nut

wood from trees of Meliaceae family — see mahogany

moderate reddish brown colour

• Greek: ακαζού (el) n (akazoú), καστανοκόκκινο n (kastanokókkino)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi akaîu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.ʒu/

• Audio:

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Noun

acajou m (plural acajous)

1. cashew tree; also, its fruit
2. mahogany tree; also, its timber

Descendants

• → English: cashew, acajou

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French acajou.

Noun

acajou m (plural acajous)

1. (Jersey) mahogany

Synonyms

• méaguinné