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avocado

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English

An avocado

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

Noun

avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)

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

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: avókadó
  • → Irish: abhacád
  • → Venda: ḽiafukhada
  • → Welsh: afocado

Translations

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Adjective

avocado (not comparable)

  1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    “aguacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  2. [2]
    Hans Sloane (1696) Catalogus plantarum quae in insula Jamaica‎ (in Latin)

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