Arachis hypogaea (Common names)
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Names in common use
- English: peanut, groundnut, earthnut; goober, goober pea (southern USA)
- German: Erdnuss
- Dutch: aardnoot, pinda, katjang
- Swedish: jordnöt
- Danish: jordnød
- Norwegian: jordnøtt, peanøtt
- Icelandic:
- French: arachide, cacahuète, cacahouète
- Italian: arachide, pistacchio di terra
- Spanish: cacahuete (Spain); maní; avellana (Andalucia); manduví (Paraguay); cacahuate (Mexique)
- Catalan: cacauet
- Portuguese: amendoim; mandobi, manobi (Brésil)
- Romanian: arahide, alune americane
- Russian: земляной орех, арахис подземний, қитайскые орехи - zemljanoj orex, araxis podzemnyj, kitajskye orexi
- Polish: orzacha, orzech ziemny, orzech arachidowy, fistaszki
- Czech: podzemnice
- Slovak: podzemnica
- Bulgarian: фъстък- fǎstǎk
- Croatian: kikiriki, arahis
- Serb: кикирики
- Slovenian: arašid
- Macedonian: кикирики
- Latvian: zemesrieksts, arahiss
- Lithuanian: valgomasis arachis, žemės riešutu, arachisu
- Albanian: kikirik
- Greek: ψευτοφιστίκι, φιστίκι της Αιγύπτου
- Turkish: fıstık, yer fıstığı, Arabistan fıstığı
- Maltese:
- Hungarian: földimogyoró
- Finnish: maapähkinä
- Estonian: maapähkel, arahhis
Sources and commentaries
- French
- Arachide is the technical name, and is the only one used for the oil. Cacahuète is the standard name for grilled or salted peanuts; cachouète is a rare variant.
- Greek
- Gennadios gives also Ἄρραχις as scientific name, and ψευδοπιστάκιον as 'semi-popular' name.
