chestnut

chestnut
1. noun
1) Kastanie, die
2) (colour) Kastanienbraun, das
3) (stale story or topic)

[old] chestnut — alte od. olle Kamelle (ugs.)

4) (horse) Fuchs, der
2. adjective
(colour)

chestnut[-brown] — kastanienbraun

* * *
1.
1) (a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).) die Kastanie
2) (a reddish-brown horse.) der Fuchs
3) (a boring old joke or story.) alter Witz
2. adjective
(of the colour of ripe chestnuts: chestnut hair.) kastanienbraun
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ˈchest·nut
I. n
1. (nut) Kastanie f
horse \chestnut Rosskastanie f
hot \chestnut heiße [Ess]kastanie [o Marone] [o SCHWEIZ Marroni pl] [o ÖSTERR Maroni pl]
sweet \chestnut Edelkastanie f
2. (fam: joke)
old \chestnut olle Kamelle f BRD fam, Witz m mit Bart fam
3. (horse) Fuchs m
4.
to pull sb's \chestnuts out of the fire für jdn die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen fam
II. n modifier (cream, mousse, puree, stuffing, wood) Kastanien-
III. adj kastanienfarben
\chestnut hair kastanienbraunes Haar
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['tʃesnʌt]
1. n
1) (= nut, tree) Kastanie f
2) (= colour) Kastanienbraun nt
3) (= horse) Fuchs m
4) (inf: old joke) alte or olle Kamelle (inf)
2. adj
(colour) hair kastanienbraun, rötlich braun

a chestnut horse — ein Fuchs m

* * *
chestnut [ˈtʃesnʌt; ˈtʃest-]
A s
1. Kastanie f:
a) BOT Edel- oder Rosskastanie f:
pull the chestnuts out of the fire (for sb) fig obs (für jemanden) die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen
b) BOT Kastanienbaum m
c) Kastanienholz n
d) Kastanienbraun n
2. auch old chestnut umg alte oder olle Kamelle umg
3. a) Fuchs m (Pferd)
b) VET Kastanie f, Hornwarze f
B adj kastanienbraun
* * *
1. noun
1) Kastanie, die
2) (colour) Kastanienbraun, das
3) (stale story or topic)

[old] chestnut — alte od. olle Kamelle (ugs.)

4) (horse) Fuchs, der
2. adjective
(colour)

chestnut[-brown] — kastanienbraun

* * *
(tree) n.
Kastanienbaum m. n.
Kastanie -n f.
Marone -n f.

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