pistachio

See also: pistáchio

English

Pistachio tree

Pistachio fruits

Etymology

From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”). Of Iranian origin. Compare Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃi.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/, /pɪsˈtɑʃioʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pistachio (plural pistachios or pistachioes)

1. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit.
3. The nutlike fruit of this tree.
4. A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed.

   Synonym: pistachio green

   pistachio:  

Derived terms

• Chinese pistachio (Pistachia chinensis)
• ground pistachio (Arachis hypogaea)
• pistachioed
• pistachio nut

Descendants

• → Japanese: ピスタチオ (pisutachio)
• → Korean: 피스타치오 (piseutachio)
• → Malay: pistacio, pistasio
• → Thai: พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo)
• → Welsh: pistasio

Translations

tree

• Albanian: fistík m
• Armenian: պիստակենի (hy) (pistakeni)
• Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿月渾子 / 阿月浑子 (zh) (āyuèhúnzǐ)

• Czech: pistácie (cs) f
• Esperanto: pistakujo
• Estonian: harilik pistaatsia
• Finnish: mantelipistaasi
• French: pistachier (fr) m
• Georgian: ფისტა (pisṭa)
• German: Pistazienbaum m
• Greek: φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá)

  Ancient: πιστάκη f (pistákē)

• Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā)
• Icelandic: pistasíutré n
• Indonesian: pohon fustuk, badam hijau (literally “green almond”)
• Italian: pistacchio (it) m
• Kazakh: пісте (pıste)
• Korean: 피스타치오 나무 (piseutachio namu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku)

• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ф’стак m (f’stak), фастак f (fastak)
• Malay: pistacio, pistasio, pokok (ms) kacang cerdik
• Marathi: पिस्ता (pistā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m

  Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m

• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: پسته (fa) (peste)
• Polish: pistacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m, pistácio m
• Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ m (pistā)
• Russian: фиста́шковое де́рево n (fistáškovoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m, пистач m (Croatia)

  Roman: trišlja f, pistać m, pistač (sh) m (Croatia)

• Sicilian: fastucara f, pistacchia f
• Slovak: pistácia f
• Slovene: pistacija (sl) f
• Spanish: pistachero m, alfóncigo (es) m
• Swahili: mfistiki
• Swedish: pistaschträd (sv) n, pistasch (sv) c
• Tagalog: pistatso
• Turkish: fıstık (tr), antep fıstığı (tr)
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: پستہ m (pistā)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cây dẻ cười, cây hồ trăn

fruit

• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: فُسْتُق m (fustuq)

  Egyptian Arabic: فستق m (fustuʔ)

  Hijazi Arabic: فُسْتُق m (fustug)

  South Levantine Arabic: فُسْتُق حَلَبِيّ (fustuq ḥalabiyy)

• Armenian: պիստակ (hy) (pistak)
• Azerbaijani: püstə (az)
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: шам фъстък m (šam fǎstǎk)
• Catalan: festuc (ca) m, pistatxo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 開心果 / 开心果 (hoi¹ sam¹ gwo²)

  Mandarin: 開心果 / 开心果 (zh) (kāixīnguǒ)

• Crimean Tatar: fıstıq
• Czech: pistácie (cs) f
• Danish: pistacie, pistacienød c
• Dutch: pistache (nl)
• Esperanto: pistako (eo)
• Estonian: pistaatsiapähkel
• Faroese: pistasiunøt f
• Finnish: pistaasipähkinä
• French: pistache (fr) f
• Friulian: pistac m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pistazie (de) f
• Greek: φιστίκι (el) n (fistíki), φιστικιά (el) f (fistikiá)

  Ancient: πιστάκιον n (pistákion)

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: פיסטוק (he)
• Hindi: पिस्ता (hi) m (pistā)
• Hungarian: pisztácia (hu)
• Icelandic: pistasíuhneta f, pistasía f
• Indonesian: kacang fustuk, kacang ketawa (literally “laughing nut”)
• Irish: piostáis f
• Italian: pistacchio (it) m
• Japanese: ピスタチオ (ja) (pisutachio)
• Kannada: ಪಿಸ್ತಾ (pistā)
• Kazakh: пісте (pıste)
• Korean: 피스타치오 (piseutachio)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پستھ (pistih)

  Northern Kurdish: pisteq (ku), fisteq (ku)

• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: fustuk m, shanfistik m
• Luxembourgish: Pistache f
• Macedonian: ф'стак m (f'stak)
• Malay: kacang cerdik, pistacio, pistasio
• Marathi: पिस्ता n (pistā)
• Middle Persian: pstk' (pistag)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pistasj m, pistasie m

  Nynorsk: pistasj m, pistasie m

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Ottoman Turkish: فستق (fıstık), شام فستغی
• Persian: پسته (fa) (peste)
• Polish: pistacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: pistache (pt) m, pistáchio m
• Punjabi: ਪਿਸਤਾ m (pistā)
• Romanian: fistic (ro) n
• Romansch: pistazia f
• Russian: фиста́шка (ru) f (fistáška)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тришља f, пистаћ m

  Roman: trišlja f, pistać m

• Sicilian: fastuca (scn) f, pistacchiu m
• Sindhi: پستو m (pisto)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: pistacija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pistacija f

  Upper Sorbian: pistacija f

• Spanish: pistacho (es) m, alfóncigo (es) m, alfónsigo (es) m
• Swahili: fistiki
• Swedish: pistasch (sv), pistaschnöt (sv) c
• Tagalog: pistatso
• Tajik: писта (pista)
• Thai: พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo)
• Turkish: fıstık (tr)
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: پستہ m (pistā)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: hạt dẻ cười, hạt hồ trăn
• Welsh: pistasio m
• Yiddish: פֿיסטאַשקע f (fistashke)

Further reading

• pistachio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pastichio