Noyau

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 hart und schwer zu essen , 🇪🇸 duro y difícil de comer , 🇮🇹 duro e difficile da mangiare , 🇵🇹 duro e difícil de comer , 🇨🇳 核 , 🇯🇵 核 , 🇰🇷 먹기 어려운, 단단한 , 🇸🇦 صالب وصعب الأكل , 🇮🇳 कठोर और खाने में कठिन

Definition

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Etymology

Noyau comes from Old French *noeul*, itself derived from Latin *nux*/*nucellus* “little walnut,” referring to the hard, edible core of a nut. Through a nasalization and vowel shift, *noeul* evolved into *noyau* in the 17th century, and the word’s sense expanded to denote the central, often hard, part of any object. Today, the term still carries the literal meaning of a tough, hard‑to‑eat kernel.

Synonyms

pépins graines semences cœurs noix noisettes

Antonyms

bord extrémité côté périphérie surface