annatto
English
Annatto (fruit of Bixa orellana)
Ingredients for achiote paste. Annatto is the red-orange powder.
Etymology
From a Cariban language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
annatto (countable and uncountable, plural annattos)
- (countable) A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
- (uncountable) The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin.
- (uncountable) A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin.
Synonyms
- (shrub): achiote, lipstick tree, roucou
- (seed): achiote
- (dye): achiote, anatto, E160b when used as a food colouring
Translations
plant Bixa orellana
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seed
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dye
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See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnːɑtːo/, [ˈɑ̝nːɑ̝t̪ːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːɑtːo
- Syllabification(key): an‧nat‧to
Declension
| Inflection of annatto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | ||
| abessive | annattotta | annattoitta | ||
| instructive | — | annattoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “annatto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈnat.to/
- Rhymes: -atto
- Hyphenation: an‧nàt‧to
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