avocado

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯]
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• /ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ/ without t-flapping
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• /ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯/ t-flapping
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• rhymes with -ɑːdəʊ
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Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in a catalogue of Jamaican plants in 1696.

212 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: avocat — Avocado-coloured
• Ido: avokadea — Avocado-coloured
• Malay: avokado — Avocado-coloured
• Swedish: avokadofärgad — Avocado-coloured
• Afrikaans: avokado — fruit
• Albanian: avokado — fruit
• Amharic: አቮካዶ (ʾävokado) — fruit
• Antillean Creole: zaboka — fruit
• Antillean Creole: zabèlbòk — fruit
• Arabic: أَفُوكَادُو (ʔafukādū) — fruit
• Arabic: افوكاتو (avokato) — fruit
• Arabic: أفوكادو (ʔafukādu, ʔavukādu) — fruit
• Arabic: أفوكا (ʔavuka) — fruit
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܦ̮ܘܿܟܵܕܘܿ (afōkādō) — fruit
• Asi: abokado — fruit
• Assamese: মাখন ফল (makhon phol) — fruit
• Asturian: aguacate — fruit
• Azerbaijani: avokado — fruit
• Belarusian: авака́да (avakáda) — fruit
• Bengali: এভোক্যাডো (ebhōkkaḍō) — fruit
• Bengali: মাখন ফল (makhon phol) — fruit
• Breton: avoukez — fruit
• Bulgarian: авока́до (avokádo) — fruit
• Burmese: ထောပတ်သီး (htau:patsi:) — fruit
• Catalan: alvocat — fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 牛油果 (ngau4 jau4 gwo2) — fruit
• Chinese: a-bu-kha-lo — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱷梨 /鳄梨 (èlí) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 酪梨 (làolí, luòlí) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛油果 (niúyóuguǒ) — fruit
• Chol: oñ — fruit
• Cornish: avokado — fruit
• Czech: avokádo — fruit
• Danish: avocado — fruit
• Danish: avokado — fruit
• Dutch: avocado — fruit
• Esperanto: avokado — fruit
• Estonian: avokaado — fruit
• Faroese: avokado — fruit
• Finnish: avokado — fruit
• French: avocat — fruit
• Galician: aguacate — fruit
• Georgian: ავოკადო (avoḳado) — fruit
• German: Avocado — fruit
• Greek: αβοκάντο (avokánto) — fruit
• Gujarati: માખણફળ (mākhaṇphaḷ) — fruit
• Hawaiian: pea — fruit
• Hebrew: אָבוֹקָדוֹ (avokado) — fruit
• Hindi: रुचिरा (rucirā) — fruit
• Hindi: मक्खनफल (makkhanphal) — fruit
• Hungarian: avokádó — fruit
• Icelandic: lárpera — fruit
• Icelandic: avókadó — fruit
• Ido: avokado — fruit
• Indonesian: alpukat — fruit
• Indonesian: avokad — fruit
• Irish: abhacád — fruit
• Irish: piorra abhcóide — fruit
• Italian: avocado — fruit
• Italian: pera alligatore — fruit
• Jamaican Creole: pear — fruit
• Japanese: アボカド (abokado) — fruit
• Japanese: 鰐梨 (waninashi) — fruit
• Kabuverdianu: abakati — fruit
• Kabuverdianu: abakate — fruit
• Kapampangan: abukadu — fruit
• Kazakh: авокадо (avokado) — fruit
• Khmer: អាវ៉ូកាត៍ (’aavookaa) — fruit
• K'iche': oj — fruit
• Kikuyu: ikorobia — fruit
• Korean: 아보카도 (abokado) — fruit
• Northern Kurdish: avokado — fruit
• Kyrgyz: авокадо (avokado) — fruit
• Lao: ຫມາກອາໂວກາໂດ (mā k wō kā dō) — fruit
• Latvian: avokado — fruit
• Lithuanian: avokadas — fruit
• Lutuv: thawpat — fruit
• Macedonian: авока́до (avokádo) — fruit
• Malagasy: mpisolovava — fruit
• Malay: alpukat — fruit
• Malay: avokado — fruit
• Malay: apukat — fruit
• Malay: pukat — fruit
• Malayalam: ആത്തച്ചക്ക (āttaccakka) — fruit
• Maltese: avokado — fruit
• Māori: awhekātō — fruit
• Māori: rahopūru — fruit
• Māori: awakato — fruit
• Mongolian: авокадо (avokado) — fruit
• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: auakatl — fruit
• Central Nahuatl: awakatl (Amecameca and Jaltocán) — fruit
• Central Nahuatl: ahuacatli — fruit
• Central Nahuatl: ahuacatl — fruit
• Central Nahuatl: auakatl — fruit
• Central Nahuatl: ahuakatl — fruit
• Classical Nahuatl: ahuacatl — fruit
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: awakatl — fruit
• Guerrero-Nahuatl: auakatl — fruit
• Highland Puebla Nahuatl: awakat — fruit
• Orizaba-Nahuatl: awakatl — fruit
• Western Huasteca Nahuatl: auakatl — fruit
• Navajo: chʼil akʼahí — fruit
• Norwegian Bokmål: avokado — fruit
• Occitan: avocat — fruit
• Persian: آووکادو (âvokâdo) — fruit
• Pipil: awakat — fruit
• Polish: awokado — fruit
• Polish: smaczliwka — fruit
• Portuguese: abacate — fruit
• Punjabi: ਮੱਖਣ ਫਲ (makkhaṇ phal) — fruit
• Purepecha: kupanda — fruit
• Quechua: palta — fruit
• Romansch: avocado — fruit
• Russian: авока́до (avokádo) — fruit
• Northern Sami: avokádo — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: авокадо — fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: avokado — fruit
• Slovak: avokádo — fruit
• Slovene: avokado — fruit
• Somali: canbaruudda — fruit
• Spanish: aguacate — fruit
• Spanish: palta — fruit
• Spanish: cura — fruit
• Spanish: avocado — fruit
• Spanish: shunte — fruit
• Spanish: shute — fruit
• Spanish: xinene (shinene) — fruit
• Swahili: parachichi — fruit
• Swedish: avokado — fruit
• Tagalog: abokado — fruit
• Tajik: авокадо (avokado) — fruit
• Tamil: வெண்ணைப் பழம் (veṇṇaip paḻam) — fruit
• Tatar: авокадо (awoqado) — fruit
• Thai: อาโวคาโด (aa-woo-kaa-dôo) — fruit
• Thai: ลูกเนย (lûuk-nəəi) — fruit
• Tigrinya: ኣቮካዶ (ʾavokado) — fruit
• Tok Pisin: bata prut — fruit
• Tongan: 'âvoka — fruit
• Tsonga: ovhakhadi — fruit
• Turkish: avokado — fruit
• Turkish: Amerika armudu — fruit
• Turkmen: awokado — fruit
• Tz'utujil: ooj — fruit
• Ukrainian: авока́до (avokádo) — fruit
• Urdu: مگر ناشپاتی (magar nāśpātī) — fruit
• Uzbek: avokado — fruit
• Venda: ḽiafukhada — fruit
• Vietnamese: bơ — fruit
• Welsh: afocado — fruit
• Yiddish: אַוואָקאַדאָ (avokado) — fruit
• Yucatec Maya: oon — fruit
• Isthmus Zapotec: yaxhu — fruit
• Antillean Creole: pyé zaboka — tree
• Antillean Creole: pyé zabèlbòk — tree
• Asturian: aguacate — tree
• Bulgarian: авока́до (avokádo) — tree
• Catalan: alvocater — tree
• Dutch: avocadoboom — tree
• Esperanto: avokadarbo — tree
• Esperanto: avokadujo — tree
• Finnish: avokado — tree
• Finnish: avokadopuu — tree
• French: avocatier — tree
• Galician: aguacate — tree
• German: Avocado — tree
• German: Avocadobaum — tree
• Greek: αβοκάντο (avokánto) — tree
• Ido: avokadiero — tree
• Irish: abhacád — tree
• Irish: crann abhacád — tree
• Italian: avocado — tree
• Italian: pera alligatore — tree
• Jamaican Creole: pear — tree
• Kabuverdianu: abakate — tree
• Kabuverdianu: abakati — tree
• Kikuyu: mũkorobia — tree
• Latvian: avokado — tree
• Macedonian: авока́до (avokádo) — tree
• Malay: pokok avokado — tree
• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: auakakoauitl — tree
• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: auakakuauitl (Huejutla, Xochiatipan) — tree
• Central Nahuatl: ahuacacuahuitl — tree
• Classical Nahuatl: āhuacacuahuitl — tree
• Classical Nahuatl: ahuacacuahuitl — tree
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: awakakuawitl — tree
• Orizaba-Nahuatl: awakakuawitl — tree
• Norman: avocatchi — tree
• Polish: awokado — tree
• Polish: smaczliwka — tree
• Portuguese: abacateiro — tree
• Romanian: avocado — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: avokado — tree
• Spanish: aguacate — tree
• Spanish: palto — tree
• Spanish: shunte — tree
• Spanish: shute — tree
• Spanish: xinene (shinene) — tree
• Spanish: avocado — tree
• Swahili: mparachichi — tree
• Swedish: avokadoträd — tree
• Tamil: வெண்ணைப் பழ மரம் (veṇṇaip paḻa maram) — tree
• Thai: อาโวคาโด (aa-woo-kaa-dôo) — tree
• Tongan: 'âvoka — tree
• Turkish: avokado — tree
• Turkish: Amerika armudu — tree
• Welsh: afocado — tree
• French: avocat — color
• Irish: abhacád — color
• Irish: dath an abhacáid — color
• Malay: avokado — color
• Welsh: afocado — color
• Welsh: lliw afocado — color