different between peanuts vs popcorn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pi??n?ts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pin?ts/, /?pi?n?ts/

Noun

peanuts

1. plural of peanut

Noun

peanuts pl (plural only)

1. (informal, figuratively) A very small or insufficient amount (especially of a salary).

   Synonyms: pittance, trifle

Descendants

• ? German: Peanuts

Translations

Verb

peanuts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peanut

Anagrams

• unpaste, untapes

English

Alternative forms

• pop-corn, popped corn

Etymology

Short for popped + corn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?p.k??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?p.k??n/
• (Boston, New England) IPA^(key): /?p?p.k??n/, [?p?p.k??n], [?p?p.k??n]

Noun

popcorn (countable and uncountable, plural popcorns)

1. (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
2. (chiefly uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
3. (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
   • 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)

     From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

4. (humorous, by extension) Entertainment.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

popcorn (third-person singular simple present popcorns, present participle popcorning, simple past and past participle popcorned)

1. (Of a guinea pig) to stand up or jump up quickly.

Czech

Alternative forms

• popkorn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?popkorn]
• Hyphenation: pop?corn

Noun

popcorn m inan

1. popcorn

Declension

Further reading

• popcorn in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English popcorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?popkorn/, [?po?pko?rn]
• Syllabification: pop?corn

Noun

popcorn

1. popcorn

   Synonym: paukkumaissi

Declension

French

Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)

1. Post-1990 spelling of pop-corn.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

popcorn n (definite singular popcornet, uncountable)

1. alternative spelling of popkorn

References

• “popkorn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

From English popcorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?p.k?rn/

Noun

popcorn m inan

1. popcorn (snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)

Declension

Further reading

• popcorn in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• popcorn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Alternative forms

• popkorn

Noun

popcorn m (genitive singular popcornu, nominative plural popcorny, genitive plural popcornov, declension pattern of dub)

1. popcorn

Declension

References

• popcorn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)

1. popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Swedish

Etymology

From English popcorn. First attested in the early 1950s.

Noun

popcorn n

1. popcorn

Declension

References

• popcorn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• popcorn in Svensk ordbok (SO)