overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

avocado.

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

7 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˌavəˈkɑːdəw/British, Southern, Standard/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/General-American[ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯]General-American
  1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˌavəˈkɑːdəw/British, Southern, Standard/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/General-American[ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯]General-American
  1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

avocado has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

avocado studioavocado workshello, avocado

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.