chilacayote
English
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl; see below.
Noun
chilacayote (plural chilacayotes)
- Any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes native to and domesticated in the New World, cultivated worldwide in warm climates.
See also
References
chilacayote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita ficifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cucurbita ficifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzilacāyohtli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilakaˈʝote/ [t͡ʃi.la.kaˈʝo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃilakaˈʃote/ [t͡ʃi.la.kaˈʃo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃilakaˈʒote/ [t͡ʃi.la.kaˈʒo.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: chi‧la‧ca‧yo‧te
Noun
chilacayote m (plural chilacayotes)
- any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes
- any of several other species of wild gourd-like plants, such as Marah macrocarpus or Cucurbita foetidissima
Further reading
- “chilacayote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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