avocadoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯/, [ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ̯]
• (General American)
  • (without t-flapping) IPA: /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯/, [ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯]; /ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ]
  • (t-flapping) IPA: /ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯/, [ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯]; /ˌævəˈkɑɾoʊ̯/, [ˌævəˈkɑɾoʊ̯]
• 韻: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ
• ハイフネーション: a‧vo‧ca‧do

名詞

avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)

1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

   Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate

   • 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 3 December 2024:

     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.

2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
3. (chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.

   avocado:  

   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 57:

     It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.

上位語

• fruit

派生語

派生した語

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

形容詞

avocado (not comparable)

1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

参考

• guacamole
• Appendix:Colors

参照

Further reading

• avocado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persea americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Persea americana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• avocado at USDA Plants database
• Michael Quinion (2004), “Avocado”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
• cookbook:avocado on Wikibooks.Wikibooks