avocado
Syllables: a·vo·ca·doUK/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/
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British/ˌavəˈkɑːdəw/
avocado noun: the large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
Noun
avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)
- The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
- For example, 90% of the avocados Americans consumed in 2022 were imported. Of the avocados imported into the US, 89% came from Mexico. Said differently, your guac and your avocado toast could skyrocket if 25% tariffs are levied on Mexico.2024 November 26, Elisabeth Buchwald, “What could get more expensive if Trump launches a new trade war with Mexico and Canada”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024
- Synonyms:
- alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate
- The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
- A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
- It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 57
Adjective
avocado (not comparable)
avocado meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
avocado in Hindi
- fruit
- रुचिरा rucirā, मक्खनफल makkhanphal
avocado in Tamil
- fruit
- வெண்ணைப் பழம் veṇṇaip paḻam
- tree
- வெண்ணைப் பழ மரம் veṇṇaip paḻa maram
avocado in Marathi
- एवोकॅडो, एवोकाडो
avocado in Urdu
- fruit
- مگر ناشپاتی magar nāśpātī
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- avocado in Bengali
- এভোক্যাডো ebhōkkaḍō, মাখন ফল makhon phol
- avocado in Telugu
- అవోకాడో, ఆవకాడో, అవొకాడో
- avocado in Malayalam
- ആത്തച്ചക്ക āttaccakka
- avocado in Kannada
- ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಹಣ್ಣು
- avocado in Punjabi
- ਮੱਖਣ ਫਲ makkhaṇ phal
- avocado in Gujarati
- માખણફળ mākhaṇphaḷ
- avocado in Odia
- ଆଭୋକାଡୋ, ଏଭୋକାଡୋ
- avocado in Assamese
- মাখন ফল makhon phol
- avocado in Nepali
- एवोकाडो, एभोकाडो, एभोक्याडो
- avocado in Tagalog
- abokado
- avocado in Arabic
- أَفُوكَادُو ʔafukādū
- avocado in Malay
- alpukat, avokado, apukat, pukat
- avocado in Indonesian
- alpukat, avokad
- avocado in Persian
- آووکادو âvokâdo
- avocado in Thai
- อาโวคาโด aa-woo-kaa-dôo, ลูกเนย
- avocado in Vietnamese
- bơ
- avocado in Myanmar
- ထောပတ်သီး htau:patsi:
Examples of avocado in a sentence
- His love of avocado toast is so zoomy.
- Using a fork, smash the avocado with all the remaining ingredients.
- Spoon the scrambled egg on top of the avocado toasts and dust lightly with the chilli flakes.
Synonyms of avocado
Forms of avocado
| plural | avocados |
|---|---|
| plural | avocadoes |
Origin of avocado
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.
Words formed from avocado
Phrases with avocado
Words that rhyme with avocado
Questions about avocado
- What does avocado mean?
- Avocado means the large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
- What is avocado in Hindi?
- Avocado in Hindi is रुचिरा (rucirā), मक्खनफल (makkhanphal). See Avocado meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is avocado?
- Avocado can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce avocado?
- Avocado is pronounced /ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of avocado?
- The plural of avocado is avocados.
Words near avocado in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: avocado (page history and authors); avocado (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avocado (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avocado (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avocado (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avocado (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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