chayote

See also: chayota

English edit

chayote fruits (2)

Etymology edit

From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑˈjoʊti/
(UK) IPA^(key): /tʃaɪˈəʊti/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

chayote (countable and uncountable, plural chayotes)

Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
Synonym: mirliton
The fruit of this plant.

Synonyms edit

choko, chocho, christophine, vegetable pear, pear squash, mango squash

Derived terms edit

Chayote mosaic virus

Translations edit

plant

Bulgarian: чайот (čajot), чучу (čuču), мексиканска краставица (meksikanska krastavica)
Burmese: ဂေါ်ရခါး ပင် (gaura.hka:pang)
Catalan: sequi (ca) m
Finnish: kajottikurpitsa (fi)
French: chayotte (fr) f, (French Antilles) christophine (fr) f, (Réunion) chouchou (fr) m, séchion (fr) m
German: Stachelgurke f
Malayalam: ചൊച്ചക്ക (coccakka)
Polish: kolczoch m
Portuguese: chuchuzeiro m, pé-de-chuchu m
Russian: чайо́т m (čajót)
Spanish: chayotera f

fruit

Arabic: شَايُوت m (šāyūt)
Burmese: ဂေါ်ရခါးသီး (gaura.hka:si:)
Catalan: xaiot m, xaiota f, sequi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 合掌瓜 (hap⁶ zoeng² gwaa¹), 佛手瓜 (fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹)

Eastern Min: 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiŏng-iòng-guă), ^{(please verify)} 香櫞／香橼 (hiŏng-iòng), 佛手瓜 (hŭk-chiū-guă)

Hakka: 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiông-yèn-kôa)

Hokkien: 佛手瓜 (hu̍t-chhiú-koe), 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiuⁿ-îⁿ-koe)

Mandarin: 佛手瓜 (zh) (fóshǒuguā), 合掌瓜 (zh) (hézhǎngguā), 合手瓜 (héshǒuguā), 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (xiāngyuánguā) (regional), 佛手 (zh) (fóshǒu), 隼人瓜 (sǔnrénguā, zhǔnrénguā)
Finnish: kajottikurpitsa (fi)
French: chayotte (fr) f, (French Antilles) christophine (fr) f, (Réunion) chouchou (fr) m, séchion (fr) m
German: Chayote f, Stachelgurke f
Greek: τσακάλι (el) (tsakáli)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: labu siam (id), labu jepang, labu (id), waluh (id)
Japanese: ハヤトウリ (hayatouri), チャヨテ (chayote)
Khmer: ស៊ូ (km) (suu)
Korean: 차요테 (chayote)
Malayalam: ചൊച്ചക്ക (coccakka), ചൗചൗ (caucau)
Persian: چایوت (čâyut)
Polish: kolczoch m
Portuguese: chuchu (pt) m, machucho (pt) m, caiota f, pimpinela (pt) f
Russian: чайо́т m (čajót)
Spanish: chayote (es) m
Swedish: pärongurka
Tagalog: sayote
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ (te) (beṅguḷūru vaṅkāya)
Thai: ฟักแม้ว (fák-mɛ́ɛo), ซายองเต้ (saa-yɔɔng-dtêe)
Vietnamese: su su (vi)

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