avocado

See also Avocado

English

Wikipedia

An avocado

Wikibooks

Etymology

From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/, SAMPA: /{v@"kA:d@U/
• (US) enPR: ăvəkäʹdō, IPA: /ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, /ævəˈkɑdoʊ/, SAMPA: /Av@"kAdoU/, /{v@"kAdoU/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ

Noun

avocado (plural avocados or avocadoes or rarely, the hypercorrect avocadi)

1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
2. The avocado tree.
3. A dull yellowish-green colour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.

   avocado colour:

Synonyms

• (fruit): alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear

Derived terms

• avocado pear

Translations

fruit

Arabic: أفوكادو (ar) ('afukaadu) m. Egyptian Arabic: افوكاتو (avokato) m. pl. Breton: avoukez (br) pl. Burmese: ထောပတ်သီး (my) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 鱷梨, simpl. 鳄梨 (èlí); 酪梨 (PRC làolí, Taiwan luòlí) Min Nan: 阿姆咖摟 (a-bu-kha-lo) Croatian: avokado (hr) Czech: avokádo n. Danish: avocado (da) c., avokado (da) c. Dutch: avocado (nl) m. Esperanto: avokado (eo) Finnish: avokado (fi) French: avocat (fr) m. German: Avocado (de) f. Greek: αβοκάντο (el) (avokándo) n. Hebrew: אָבוֹקָדוֹ (avocado) m. Hungarian: avokádó (hu) Irish: abhacád (ga) m., piorra abhcóide (ga) f. Isthmus Zapotec: yaxhu

Italian: avocado (it) m. Japanese: アボカド (ja) (abokado) Korean: 아보카도 (ko) (abokado) Macedonian: авокадо (mk) (avokádo) n. Maltese: avokado (mt) m. Navajo: chʼil akʼahí Polish: awokado (pl) n. Portuguese: abacate (pt) m. Russian: авокадо (ru) (avokádo) n. (indeclinable) Spanish: aguacate (es) m., palta (es) f. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay), cura (es) f. (Colombia, dated) Swahili: parachichi (noun 9/10) Swedish: avokado (sv) Tamil: வெண்ணைப் பழம் (veNNai pazham) Thai: อาโวคาโด (th) (aawohkhaadoh) Tongan: 'âvoka (to) Turkish: avokado (tr) Tz'utujil: ooj

tree

Croatian: avokado (hr) Dutch: avocadoboom (nl) m. French: avocatier (fr) m. German: Avocado f., Avocadobaum m. Greek: αβοκάντο (el) (avokándo) n. Italian: avocado (it) m. Kikuyu: mûkorobia Macedonian: авокадо (mk) (avokádo) n. Nahuatl: ahuacatl (nah)

Polish: awokado (pl) n. Portuguese: abacateiro (pt) m. Romanian: avocado (ro) n. Spanish: aguacate (es) m., palto (es) m. Swahili: mparachichi Swedish: avokadoträd (sv) n. Tamil: வெண்ணைப் பழ மரம் (veNNai pazha maram) Tongan: 'âvoka (to)

colour

French: avocat (fr) m.

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Indonesian: apokat, alpukat, alpokat

Adjective

avocado (not comparable)

1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

Translations

Avocado-coloured

French: avocat (fr) m.

Swedish: avokadofärgad (sv)

See also

• California roll
• guacamole
• Appendix:Colors

References

• "Avocado" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

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Alternative forms

• avokado

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /avokaːdo/, [avoˈkʰæːd̥o]

Noun

avocado c. (singular definite avocadoen, plural indefinite avocadoer)

1. avocado

Inflection

    Inflection of avocado

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	avocado	avocadoen	avocadoer	avocadoerne
genitive	avocados	avocadoens	avocadoers	avocadoernes

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Italian

Noun

avocado m. (plural avocadi)

1. avocado