zapote

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /zəˈpoʊteɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zəˈpəʊteɪ/

Noun

zapote (plural zapotes)

1. Alternative form of sapote (“fruit or tree”).

Anagrams

• poetaz

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaˈpote/ [θaˈpo.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saˈpote/ [saˈpo.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: za‧po‧te

Noun

zapote m (plural zapotes)

1. mamey sapote

Derived terms

• zapote mamey
• zapote negro

Related terms

• chicozapote
• zapoteca

Descendants

• → English: sapote
• → Yaqui: sapóote

Further reading

• “zapote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025