annatto
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Etymology edit
From a Cariban language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
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 edit
- (shrub): achiote, lipstick tree, roucou
- (seed): achiote
- (dye): achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring
Translations edit
plant Bixa orellana
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seed
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dye
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See also edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
annatto
- annatto (plant and dye)
Declension edit
Inflection of annatto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | annatto | annattot | ||
genitive | annatton | annattojen | ||
partitive | annattoa | annattoja | ||
illative | annattoon | annattoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | annatto | annattot | ||
accusative | nom. | annatto | annattot | |
gen. | annatton | |||
genitive | annatton | annattojen | ||
partitive | annattoa | annattoja | ||
inessive | annattossa | annattoissa | ||
elative | annattosta | annattoista | ||
illative | annattoon | annattoihin | ||
adessive | annattolla | annattoilla | ||
ablative | annattolta | annattoilta | ||
allative | annattolle | annattoille | ||
essive | annattona | annattoina | ||
translative | annattoksi | annattoiksi | ||
abessive | annattotta | annattoitta | ||
instructive | — | annattoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “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 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
annatto m (plural annatti)
- annatto (dye)