achiote
Portuguese, noun/a.ʃiˈɔ.t͡ʃi/
achiote is spelled A-C-H-I-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achiote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “achiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does achiote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineachiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)
- 2
masculineachiote (seed of the achiote shrub)
- 3
masculineachiote (orange-red dye obtained from achiote seeds)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of achiote
- achiotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce achiote?
- Brazil /a.ʃiˈɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /aˈʃjɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐˈʃjɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to achiote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achiote in Portuguese?
achiote appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).