How to pronounce pistachio
American English pronunciation
pih-STASH-ee-oh
- IPA
- /pɪˈstæʃiˌoʊ/
- Syllables
- pih · STASH · ee · oh (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- pih-STAH-shee-oh
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What pistachio means
A small green nut in a shell that cracks open
In a sentence: Jamal cracked open each pistachio to get the green nut inside.
Where it comes from: It came from Italian in the 1590s, and before that from Latin and Greek. The Greek word was borrowed from a language of Persia.
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