annatto

== English == === Alternative forms === anato, anatto, annotto arnatta, arnotta, arnotto (all archaic) === Etymology === From a Cariban language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈnɑːtoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ Hyphenation: an‧nat‧to === Noun === annatto (countable and uncountable, plural annattos) (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin. (uncountable) A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin. ==== Synonyms ==== (shrub): achiote, lipstick tree, roucou (seed): achiote (dye): achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== anatto == Finnish == === Etymology === From Kari'na annatto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑnːɑtːo/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝t̪ːo̞] Rhymes: -ɑnːɑtːo Syllabification(key): an‧nat‧to Hyphenation(key): an‧nat‧to === Noun === annatto annatto (plant and dye) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “annatto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === annotta, otannat, taonnat == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anˈnat.to/ Rhymes: -atto Hyphenation: an‧nàt‧to === Noun === annatto m (plural annatti) annatto (dye) === Anagrams === annotta, tannato, tonnata