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avocado

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See also:Avocado

English

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An avocado

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin AmericanSpanishavocado, from the earlieraguacate, which comes fromClassical Nahuatlāhuacatl(“avocado”).[1](Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)Doublet ofabacate. Compareaguacatillo,avocadillo.

The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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avocado (countable anduncountable,pluralavocadosoravocadoes)

  2. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savoryfruit of the avocadotree.
    Synonyms:alligator pear,avocado pear,butter pear,butter fruit,abacate
  4. The avocadotree,Persea americana, of thelaurel family.
  5. (chiefly uncountable) A darkchartreusecolor, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
    avocado: 

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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fruit
tree
color
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Adjective

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avocado (notcomparable)

  1. Of a dullyellowish-green colour.

Translations

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Avocado-coloured

See also

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References

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  1. ^“aguacate”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  2. ^Hans Sloane (1696)Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica‎[1] (in Latin)

Further reading

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Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromSpanishaguacate, fromNahuatlāhuacatl(“avocado”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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avocado c (singular definiteavocadoen,plural indefiniteavocadoer)

  1. avocado

Inflection

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Declension ofavocado
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativeavocadoavocadoenavocadoeravocadoerne
genitiveavocadosavocadoensavocadoersavocadoernes

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishavocado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.voːˈkaː.doː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:avo‧ca‧do

Noun

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avocado m (pluralavocado's)

  1. avocado,alligator pear

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.voˈka.do/
  • Rhymes:-ado
  • Hyphenation:a‧vo‧cà‧do

Noun

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avocado m (invariable)

  1. avocado

Portuguese

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Participle

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avocado (feminineavocada,masculine pluralavocados,feminine pluralavocadas)

  1. pastparticiple ofavocar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishavocado.

Noun

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avocado m (pluralavocado)

  1. avocado

Declension

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Declension ofavocado
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeavocadoavocadoulavocadoavocadoi
genitive-dativeavocadoavocadouluiavocadoavocadolor
vocativeavocadouleavocadolor

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Fromaguacate, possibly influenced by a Caribbean language.

Noun

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avocado m (pluralavocados)

  1. (Philippines, US)avocado
    Synonyms:aguacate,(Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay)palta,(Colombia, dated)cura
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Participle

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avocado (feminineavocada,masculine pluralavocados,feminine pluralavocadas)

  1. pastparticiple ofavocar

Further reading

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