chayote

chayote

See also: chayota

English

chayote fruits (2)

Etymology

From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑˈjoʊti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃeɪəʊti/

• Audio (RP)

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Noun

chayote (countable and uncountable, plural chayotes)

1. Sechium edule, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.

   Synonym: mirliton

2. The fruit of this plant.

Synonyms

• choko, chocho, christophine, vegetable pear, pear squash

Derived terms

• Chayote mosaic virus

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: чайот (čajot), чучу (čuču), мексиканска краставица (meksikanska krastavica) Burmese: ဂေါ်ရခါးပင် (gaura.hka:pang) Catalan: sequi (ca) m Finnish: kajottikurpitsa (fi) French: chayotte (fr) f, (French Antilles) christophine (fr) f, (Réunion) chouchou (fr) m, séchion (fr) m German: Stachelgurke f Malayalam: ചൊച്ചക്ക (coccakka) Polish: kolczoch m Portuguese: chuchuzeiro m, pé-de-chuchu m Russian: чайо́т m (čajót) Spanish: chayotera f

fruit

Arabic: شَايُوت‎ m (šāyūt) Burmese: ဂေါ်ရခါးသီး (gaura.hka:si:) Catalan: xaiot m, xaiota f, sequi (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 合掌瓜 (hap6 zoeng2 gwaa1), 佛手瓜 (fat6 sau2 gwaa1) Hakka: 香櫞瓜, 香橼瓜 (hiông-yèn-kôa) Mandarin: 佛手瓜 (zh) (fóshǒuguā), 合掌瓜 (zh) (hézhǎngguā), 合手瓜 (héshǒuguā), 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (xiāngyuánguā) (regional), 佛手 (zh) (fóshǒu), 隼人瓜 (sǔnrénguā, zhǔnrénguā) Min Dong: 香櫞瓜, 香橼瓜 (hiŏng-iòng-guă), (please verify) 香櫞, (please verify) 香橼 (hiŏng-iòng), 佛手瓜 (hŭk-chiū-guă) Min Nan: 佛手瓜 (hu̍t-chhiú-koe), 香櫞瓜, 香橼瓜 (hiuⁿ-îⁿ-koe) Finnish: kajottikurpitsa (fi) French: chayotte (fr) f, (French Antilles) christophine (fr) f, (Réunion) chouchou (fr) m, séchion (fr) m German: Chayote f, Stachelgurke f Greek: τσακάλι (el) (tsakáli) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: labu siam (id), labu jepang, labu (id), waluh (id) Japanese: ハヤトウリ (hayatouri) Khmer: ស៊ូ (km) (suu) Korean: 차요테 (chayote) Malayalam: ചൊച്ചക്ക (coccakka), ചൗചൗ (caucau) Persian: چایوت‎ (čâyut) Polish: kolczoch m Portuguese: chuchu (pt) m, machucho (pt) m, caiota f, pimpinela (pt) f Russian: чайо́т m (čajót) Spanish: chayote (es) m Tamil: please add this translation if you can Swedish: pärongurka Tagalog: sayote Telugu: బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ (te) (beṅguḷūru vaṅkāya) Thai: ฟักแม้ว (fák-mɛ́ɛo), ซายองเต้ (saa-yɔɔng-dtêe) Vietnamese: su su (vi)

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Translations to be checked

Japanese: ハヤトウリ (hayatouri) Vietnamese: su su (vi), su

Further reading

• chayote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• chayota (Venezuela)

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈʝote/ [t͡ʃaˈʝo.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈʝote/ [t͡ʃaˈʝo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃaˈʃote/ [t͡ʃaˈʃo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈʒote/ [t͡ʃaˈʒo.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: cha‧yo‧te

Noun

chayote m (plural chayotes)

1. chayote

Derived terms

• chayotera f

Descendants

• → English: chayote
• → Tagalog: sayote

Further reading

• “chayote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014