avocado
English Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo.
The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/
- (General American) enPR: ăvəkäʹdō, IPA(key): /ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ], /ævəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ævəˈkɑɾoʊ]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ
Noun Edit
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.
- (color, chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
- avocado:
- 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 57:
- It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.
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Adjective Edit
avocado (not comparable)
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References Edit
- ^ Hans Sloane (1696) Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica[1] (in Latin)
Further reading Edit
- avocado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Persea americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- 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 Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).
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Noun Edit
avocado c (singular definite avocadoen, plural indefinite avocadoer)
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common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | avocado | avocadoen | avocadoer | avocadoerne |
genitive | avocados | avocadoens | avocadoers | avocadoernes |
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Spanish avocado.
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avocado m (plural avocado's)
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avocado m (invariable)
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from English avocado.
Noun Edit
avocado m (plural avocado)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) avocado | avocadoul | (niște) avocado | avocadoi |
genitive/dative | (unui) avocado | avocadoului | (unor) avocado | avocadolor |
vocative | avocadoule | avocadolor |
Spanish Edit
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Etymology 1 Edit
From aguacate, possibly influenced by a Caribbean language.
Noun Edit
avocado m (plural avocados)
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Participle Edit
avocado (feminine avocada, masculine plural avocados, feminine plural avocadas)
- past participle of avocar
Further reading Edit
- “avocado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014