different between acorn vs ovest

English

Alternative forms

• achorn (Chester)

Etymology

From Middle English acorne, an alteration (after corn) of earlier akern, from Old English ?cern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-Germanic *akran?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ógeh? (“berry”). Cognate with Scots aicorn, Saterland Frisian Äkkene, Dutch aker, Danish agern, Low German ecker; Welsh eirin (“plums”), Breton irin (“plum”), Irish airne (“sloe”), Lithuanian úoga, Russian ?????? (jágoda, “berry”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?.k??n/, /?e?k?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?.k??n/

Noun

acorn (plural acorns)

1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2. (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3. (zoology) See acorn-shell.
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Holonyms

• (fruit of an oak): oak

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• acorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carno, Coran, Corna, acron, caron, coran, narco, narco-, racon

English

Etymology

From Middle English ovet, from Old English ofett (“fruit, legume”), from Proto-West Germanic *obaet (“fruit, produce, increase”), from a compound whose first element represents Proto-Indo-European *ob?i-, *eb?i-, *b?i- (“on, toward, from, by”), and whose second element is Proto-Germanic *at-, *?ta- (“edibles, food”), from Proto-Germanic *etan? (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with West Frisian oefte (“something tasty to eat, goodies”), Dutch ooft (“fruit”), German Low German Ooft, Aaft (“fruit”), German Obst (“fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ovest (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) The mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.

Derived terms

• ovesting

Anagrams

• Stevo, Votes, stove, vetos, votes

Italian

Etymology

Originated as an incorrect reading of a borrowing from French ouest, from Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westr?, from earlier *westraz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wek(?)speros (“evening”). Doublet of vespro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vest/
• Hyphenation: ò?vest

Noun

ovest m (invariable)

1. west

   Synonyms: occidente, ponente

See also

• est
• nord
• sud
• punto cardinale

Anagrams

• vesto