acorn Syllabification: (a·corn)Pronunciation: /ˈāˌkôrn/Translate acorn | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of acorn noun the fruit of the oak, a smooth oval nut in a rough cuplike base. Origin: Old English æcern, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aker, also to acre, later associated with oak and corn1acorn in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of acorn in the British & World English dictionary