How to pronounce cashew
American English pronunciation
KASH-oo
- IPA
- /ˈkæʃu/
- Syllables
- KASH · oo (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- kuh-SHOO
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What cashew means
A curved nut that grows on a tropical tree
In a sentence: She picked a cashew out of the bowl of mixed nuts.
Where it comes from: The tree comes from Brazil. Its name goes back to akaîu and passed through French as acajou. People took the a at the start for a separate word and dropped it.
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