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The French word for nut is
noix





nut

Gender

The gender of noix is feminine. E.g. la noix.

French Definition


nut
     1. n. Fruit à coque.
     2. n. Fruit à coque comestible ou autre fruit semblable, y compris l'arachide ; fruit sec.
     3. n. (Mécanique) Écrou.
     4. n. (Familier) Cinglé, fou, dingue.
     5. v. (Familier) Donner un coup de tête à quelqu'un.



Translations for nut and their definitions

écrou
     1. n-m. nut (that fits on a bolt), female screw
     2. n-m. a prison register, prison admission form


fruit sec
     1. n-m. dried fruit
     2. n-m. nut
     3. n-m. (slang) lazybones


noix
     1. n-f. walnut
     2. n-f. nut
     3. n-f. knob, pat (of butter)
     4. n-f. cushion (round fillet of meat)
           noix de bœuf - eye of round
           noix de veau - cushion of veal (UK); veal scallop (US)


fou
     1. adj. mad, crazy
     2. n-m. madman
     3. n-m. jester (court entertainer)
     4. n-m. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
           C'est un fou de voile. - He's a sailing nut.
     5. n-m. (chess,) bishop
     6. n-m. booby (bird)


couille
     1. n-f. (slang) nut, ball, bollock (testicle)


sillet
     1. n-m. (music) bridge, capotasto (on a stringed instrument)
     2. n-m. (music, lutherie) the nut


folle
     1. adj. feminine singular of fou
     2. n-f. madwoman
     3. n-f. (slang) queen (male homosexual)


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