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avocado

See also: Avocado

English

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An avocado

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).[1] (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo.

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

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Noun

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avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)

  1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
    Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate
  2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
  3. (chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
    avocado:  

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Icelandic: avókadó
  • → Irish: abhacád

Translations

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Adjective

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avocado (not comparable)

  1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ “aguacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Hans Sloane (1696) Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica‎[1] (in Latin)

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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avocado c (singular definite avocadoen, plural indefinite avocadoer)

  1. avocado

Inflection

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Declension of avocado
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative avocado avocadoen avocadoer avocadoerne
genitive avocados avocadoens avocadoers avocadoernes

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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avocado m (plural avocado's)

  1. avocado, alligator pear

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Italian

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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 (feminine avocada, masculine plural avocados, feminine plural avocadas)

  1. past participle of avocar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English avocado.

Noun

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avocado m (plural avocado)

  1. avocado

Declension

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Declension of avocado
singular plural
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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From aguacate, possibly influenced by a Caribbean language.

Noun

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avocado m (plural avocados)

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

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Participle

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avocado (feminine avocada, masculine plural avocados, feminine plural avocadas)

  1. past participle of avocar

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