Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [av-uh-kah-doh, ah-vuh-]
- /ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-/
- /ˌæv.ə.ˈkɑː.dəʊ/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [av-uh-kah-doh, ah-vuh-]
- /ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-/
Definitions of avocado word
- variable noun avocado Avocados are pear-shaped vegetables, with hard skins and large stones, which are usually eaten raw. 3
- noun avocado a pear-shaped fruit having a leathery green or blackish skin, a large stony seed, and a greenish-yellow edible pulp 3
- noun avocado the tropical American lauraceous tree, Persea americana, that bears this fruit 3
- noun avocado a dull greenish colour resembling that of the fruit 3
- noun avocado (as modifier) 3
- noun avocado a widespread, thick-skinned, pear-shaped tropical fruit, yellowish green to purplish black, with a single large seed and yellow, buttery flesh, used in salads; alligator pear 3
Information block about the term
Origin of avocado
First appearance:
before 1690 One of the 49% oldest English words
1690-1700; alteration of Spanish abogado literally, lawyer (see advocate), by confusion with Mexican Spanish aguacate < Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle; cf. alligator pear
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Avocado
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
avocado popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
avocado usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for avocado
adjective avocado
- olive green — dull yellowish-green colour
- green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
Top questions with avocado
- how many calories in an avocado?
- how to cut an avocado?
- how to tell if an avocado is ripe?
- how to ripen an avocado?
- how to pick avocado?
- how to eat avocado?
- how to store avocado?
- how many calories in avocado?
- how to grow an avocado?
- how to grow avocado?
- how to tell if avocado is ripe?
- how to grow an avocado tree?
- how to cut avocado?
- how to make avocado toast?
- how many calories are in an avocado?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with a
- Words starting with av
- Words starting with avo
- Words starting with avoc
- Words starting with avoca
- Words starting with avocad
- Words starting with avocado