chilacayote

English

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl; see below.

Noun

chilacayote (plural chilacayotes)

1. Any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes native to and domesticated in the New World, cultivated worldwide in warm climates.

   Synonyms: seven-year melon, fig-leaf gourd, Asian pumpkin, black seed squash, Malabar gourd

See also

• chilaca

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): /t͡ʃilakaˈʝote/ [t͡ʃi.la.kaˈʝo.t̪e]

• 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)

1. any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes
2. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10