cacahuète

See also: cacahuete

French

Alternative forms

cacahouète (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacahuete, from cacahuate (“peanut”), from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.ka.ɥɛt/, /ka.ka.wɛt/
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Noun

cacahuète f (plural cacahuètes)

peanut, goober

Holonyms

arachide f (“the plant, Arachis hypogaea”)

Derived terms

beurre de cacahuète

Further reading

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

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