avocado

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “Spanish entry does not mention folk-etymology”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “Latin American Spanish uses aguacate or palta, the DRAE marks avocado as being used in the Philippines”) Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in a catalogue of Jamaican plants in 1696. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯/, [ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯] (General American) (without t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯/, [ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯]; /ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ] (t-flapping) IPA(key): /ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯/, [ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯]; /ˌævəˈkɑɾoʊ̯/, [ˌævəˈkɑɾoʊ̯] Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ Hyphenation: a‧vo‧ca‧do === Noun === avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes) The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree. Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. (chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado. ==== Hypernyms ==== fruit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Icelandic: avókadó → Irish: abhacád → Venda: ḽiafukhada → Welsh: afocado ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === avocado (not comparable) Of a dull yellowish-green colour. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== guacamole Appendix:Colors === References === === Further reading === avocado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Persea americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Persea americana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons avocado at USDA Plants database Michael Quinion (2004), “Avocado”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN. cookbook:avocado on Wikibooks.Wikibooks == Danish == === Alternative forms === avokado === Etymology === From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aʋoˈkʰæːd̥o] === Noun === avocado c (singular definite avocadoen, plural indefinite avocadoer) avocado ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish avocado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌaː.voːˈkaː.doː/ Hyphenation: avo‧ca‧do === Noun === avocado m (plural avocado's, no diminutive) avocado, alligator pear ==== Derived terms ==== avocadoboom ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: avokad → Sranan Tongo: afkati == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.voˈka.do/ Rhymes: -ado Hyphenation: a‧vo‧cà‧do === Noun === avocado m (invariable) avocado Synonym: (rare) pera alligatore == Portuguese == === Participle === avocado (feminine avocada, masculine plural avocados, feminine plural avocadas) past participle of avocar == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English avocado. === Noun === avocado m (plural avocado) avocado ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aboˈkado/ [a.β̞oˈka.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: a‧vo‧ca‧do Homophone: abocado === Etymology 1 === From aguacate, possibly influenced by a Caribbean language. ==== Noun ==== avocado m (plural avocados) (Philippines, US) avocado Synonyms: aguacate, (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) palta, (Colombia, dated) cura ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== avocado (feminine avocada, masculine plural avocados, feminine plural avocadas) past participle of avocar === Further reading === “avocado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === avocado c alternative form of avokado (“avocado”) ==== Declension ==== === References === “avocado”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)