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hazel¹

  • /ˈheɪzəl/

Rhymes with -eɪzəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”).

Cognates

Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

noun hazels · hazle

  1. countable, usually A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.
  2. countable, usually The nut of the hazel tree.

    Similar: filbert, hazelnut

  3. uncountable, usually The wood of a hazelnut tree.
  4. countable, uncountable, usually A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  5. countable, usually Freestone.

adjective more hazel · hazeler · most hazel · hazelest · hazle

  1. Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour) As she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream.

Hazel²

  • /ˈheɪzəl/

Rhymes with -eɪzəl

proper noun Hazels · Hasell · Hazell

  1. countable, uncountable A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century. GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke! ARTHUR. Deceived her? How? GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.
  2. countable, uncountable A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
  3. countable, uncountable A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hazelnut, colored, chromatic, hazel tree, hazelnut tree, pomaderris apetala, chestnut, nut, wych, round, witch, filbert, corylus, cobnut, nutwood, nutbrown

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noun tree / shrub

Españolavellano
한국어개암나무 gaeamnamu
日本語ハシバミ hashi-bami
中文榛 zhēn, 榛树 zhēnshù
Kiswahilimhazeli
Portuguêsaveleira, avelaneira, avelãzeira
Françaisnoisetier, avelinier
DeutschHaselstrauch
Italianonocciolo
Ελληνικάφουντουκιά fountoukiá
Românăalun, fundici
Русскийлещи́на leščína, оре́шник oréšnik
العربيةبُنْدُقْ bunduq

noun wood

Françaisnoisetier
Italianolegno di nocciolo
Русскийоре́х oréx

noun colour

Españolcolor avellana
日本語ハシバミ色 hashibami-iro
中文淡褐色 dànhésè
Portuguêscastanho
Françaisnoisette
Русскийоре́ховый oréxovyj

adj colour

Españolavellana
日本語ハシバミ色い hashibami-iroi
Portuguêscastanho
Françaisnoisette
Deutschgrün-braun
Italianonocciola
Ελληνικάκαστανοπράσινος kastanoprásinos
Românăcăprui, castaniu, căpriu, aluniu
Русскийболо́тный bolótnyj
العربيةعَسَلِيّ ʕasaliyy

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@misc{hazel_2026,
  title = {hazel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hazel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}