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pecan

/piːˈkɑːn/ US
/pɪˈkɑːn/ Midwestern US, US
/ˈpiːkæn/ US
/ˈpiːkɑːn/ US
/ˈpɪkæn/ US
/pəˈkɔːn/ US
/pɪˈkɔːn/ Louisiana, US
/pəˈkɑːn/ US
/pɪˈkɑːn/ Commonwealth, UK
/ˈpiːkæn/ Australia, Canada, Commonwealth
/piːˈkæn/ Australia, Canada, Commonwealth
/pɪˈkæn/ Commonwealth
/ˈpiːkən/ Australia, Commonwealth, New Zealand
/pəˈkɒn/ Canada, Commonwealth

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut”), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut”).

noun pecans · paccan · peccan

A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans, standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still.
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. MEG. […] (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together.) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack! LENNY. We have a nutcracker! MEG. (Trying with her teeth.) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge?
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.

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noun nut

Español	nuez pecana, pecana, pacana, pecán, nuez de la isla, nuez encarcelada
한국어	피칸 pikan
日本語	ピーカンナッツ pīkan nattsu, ペカンナッツ pekan nattsu
中文	美國山核桃 /美国山核桃 Měiguó shānhétao, 碧根果 bìgēnguǒ
Kiswahili	pekani
Português	pecã
Français	noix de pécan, pacane
Deutsch	Pekannuss
Ελληνικά	πεκάν pekán
Русский	пека́н pekán
العربية	بَقَّان baqqān, بِيكَان bīkān

noun tree

Español	pacano, pecán, pacana, pecano, pecana, pacanero
한국어	피칸 pikan
日本語	ペカン pekan
Kiswahili	mpekani
Português	nogueira-pecã
Français	pacanier
Deutsch	Pekannussbaum
Русский	пека́н pekán
العربية	بَقَّان baqqān

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@misc{pecan_2026,
  title = {pecan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pecan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}