chayote

See also: chayota

English

chayote fruits (2)

Etymology

From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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, mango 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, Chayote f
• Malayalam: ചൊച്ചക്ക (coccakka)
• Polish: kolczoch m
• Portuguese: chuchuzeiro m, pé-de-chuchu m
• Russian: чайо́т (ru) m (čajót)
• Spanish: chayotera f
• Vietnamese: su su (vi), su le

fruit

• Arabic: شَايُوت m (šāyūt)
• Assamese: ইস্কচ (iskos)
• 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)

  Eastern Min: 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiŏng-iòng-guă), ^{(please verify)} 香櫞／香橼 (hiŏng-iòng), 佛手瓜 (hŭk-chiū-guă)

  Hakka: 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiông-yèn-kôa)

  Hokkien: 佛手瓜 (hu̍t-chhiú-koe), 香櫞瓜／香橼瓜 (hiuⁿ-îⁿ-koe)

  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)

• 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), チャヨテ (chayote)
• 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 (ru) m (čajót)
• Spanish: chayote (es) m
• Swedish: pärongurka
• Tagalog: sayote
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ (te) (beṅguḷūru vaṅkāya)
• Thai: ฟักแม้ว (fák-mɛ́ɛo), ซายองเต้ (saa-yɔɔng-dtêe)
• Vietnamese: su su (vi), su le

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Further reading

• chayote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chayota (Venezuela)

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• → Bikol Central: sayote
• → Cebuano: sayote
• → English: chayote
• → Tagalog: sayote

Further reading

• “chayote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16