chestnut
意味
- クリの実
- クリの木
- 栗色
- 古くさい話
例文
It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.
栗を剥くのって、めんどくさっ。
Mom, I want some chestnut rice. Can you make some?
お母さん、栗ご飯食べたいから、栗ご飯作って。
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.
栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is a contraction of chest(en) (“(obsolete) chestnut tree; fruit of this tree, chestnut”) + nut. Chesten is a late variant of chesteine (obsolete), from Middle English chesten, chesteine, chasteine, chesteyne (“chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); fruit of this tree; wood of this tree”), from Old French chastaigne, chastaine (French châtaigne), from Latin castanea (“chestnut tree; fruit of this tree”) (whence Old English ċisten), from Ancient Greek κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kăstắneiă), a variant of κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kắstănă, “sweet chestnut”); for further etymology, see that entry. Doublet of castanet.