French Dictionary

French-English translation of noix

(a) walnut; (as general term) nut; ~ variées mixed nuts; (Infml) à la ~ (de coco) lousy;

~ du Brézil Brazil nut; ~ de cajou cashew nut; ~ de coco coconut; ~ de galle oak apple, oak-gall; ~ muscade, ~ de muscade nutmeg; ~ de pacane pecan; ~ vomique nux vomica

See also: acajou, amande

(b) blob, small quantity of cream; (Cookery) une ~ de beurre a knob of butter

(c) (Cookery) scallop meat; ~ St Jacques scallop

(d) (Cookery) eye; ~ de veau cushion of veal

(e) (Building) half-round tongue

(f) (Electricity) sheave

(g) (Infml) twit, twerp

Terms from the DGT glossary

French term	English term
Noix	Walnuts
Noix de coco	Coconuts
Noix du Brésil	Brazil nuts
Noix de cajou	Cashew nuts
Noix de kola	Colanuts
noix	nuts
Noix du Brésil	brazil nuts
Noix de cajou	cashew nuts
Noix de coco	coconuts
Noix du Queensland	macadamia
Noix de Pécan	pecans
Noix communes	walnuts
Autres fruits et noix	Other fruit and nuts

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French-English translation of noix

Terms from the DGT glossary