annatto

annatto

English

Annatto (fruit of Bixa orellana)

Ingredients for achiote paste. Annatto is the red-orange powder.

Alternative forms

• annotto
• arnotta, arnotto (both archaic)

Etymology

From Galibi Carib annatto.

Noun

annatto (countable and uncountable, plural annattos)

1. (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
2. (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
3. (uncountable) An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

Synonyms

• (shrub): achiote, lipstick tree, roucou
• (seed): achiote
• (dye): achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring

Translations

plant Bixa orellana

Burmese: သီတင်း (my) (sitang:) Catalan: bixa f Chol: joʼox (Tumbalá) Finnish: annatto (fi) French: rocou (fr) m, roucou (fr) m Hungarian: orleánfa (hu) Japanese: ベニノキ (beni-no-ki), アケノキ (ake-no-ki) Khmer: ដកគាំ (km) (dɑkkŏəm) Portuguese: urucu m, urucum (pt) m, urucuzeiro m, urucueiro m, achiote m Quechua: achiyuti Russian: анна́то (ru) m (annáto) Spanish: achiote (es) m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija (es) f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú (es) m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay) Tagalog: atsuwete Tamil: வருகமஞ்சள் (varukamañcaḷ) Tojolabal: joʼox Tzeltal: joʼox, achiote Tzotzil: joʼox (Chamula), voʼox (Zinacantán)

seed

Finnish: annatto (fi) (substance); annatton siemen (seed) Khmer: គ្រាប់ដកគាំ (krŏəpdɑɑkkŏəm) Portuguese: urucu m, urucum (pt) m, achiote m Russian: анна́то (ru) m (annáto) Spanish: achiote (es) m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija (es) f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú (es) m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay) Vietnamese: hạt điều màu

dye

Catalan: annato (ca) m, arxiota f Estonian: annaato Finnish: annatto (fi) Italian: annatto m Portuguese: urucu m, urucum (pt) m, achiote m, colorau (pt) m Spanish: achiote (es) m, caituco m (Northeastern Venezuela), bija (es) f (Cuba, Dominican Republic), onoto m (Venezuelan standard usage), urucú (es) m (Eastern Bolivia, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay)

See also

• anatto

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Finnish

Etymology

From Galibi Carib annatto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnːɑtːo/, [ˈɑnːɑt̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑtːo
• Syllabification^(key): an‧nat‧to

Noun

annatto

1. annatto (plant and dye)

Declension

Inflection of annatto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		annatto	annattot
genitive		annatton	annattojen
partitive		annattoa	annattoja
illative		annattoon	annattoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		annatto	annattot
accusative	nom.	annatto	annattot
	gen.	annatton
genitive		annatton	annattojen
partitive		annattoa	annattoja
inessive		annattossa	annattoissa
elative		annattosta	annattoista
illative		annattoon	annattoihin
adessive		annattolla	annattoilla
ablative		annattolta	annattoilta
allative		annattolle	annattoille
essive		annattona	annattoina
translative		annattoksi	annattoiksi
instructive		—	annattoin
abessive		annattotta	annattoitta
comitative		—	annattoineen

Possessive forms of annatto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	annattoni	annattomme
2nd person	annattosi	annattonne
3rd person	annattonsa

Anagrams

• annotta, otannat, taonnat

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Italian

Noun

annatto

1. annatto (dye)

Anagrams

• annotta, tannato, tonnata