FILBERT


Meaning of FILBERT in English

/ ˈfɪlbət; NAmE -bərt/ noun

( especially NAmE ) = hazelnut

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English fylberd , from Anglo-Norman French philbert , dialect French noix de filbert (so named because it is ripe about 20 August, the feast day of St Philibert ).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.