Definition
An alternative or variant spelling of chayote, a pear-shaped green vegetable.
Etymology
Variant form of 'chayote,' from Nahuatl chayotl. The '-a' ending is a feminine marker in Spanish, used alongside the more common '-e' spelling.
Kelly Says
Language variants like 'chayota' vs 'chayote' show how the same word gets spelled different ways across regions and time periods—Spanish speakers debate which is 'correct,' but both trace back to the same Aztec origin.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቻይዮት (chaiyot)
cha-i-ot
ARالعربية
كوسا (kūsa)
kuːsa
BNবাংলা
চায়োট (cha-yo-t)
cha-yo-t
DEDeutsch
Chayote
ˈʃaɪ.oːtə
ELΕλληνικά
τσαγιότ (tsagiote)
tsa-ji-ote
ESEspañol
chayota
cha-i-o-ta
FAفارسی
چایوت (chayūt)
cha-i-ut
FRFrançais
chayote
ʃa-jot
GUGU
ચાયોટ (chayota)
cha-i-ot
HEעברית
צ'איוטה (chayota)
cha-i-o-ta
HIहिन्दी
चायोट (chayote)
cha-i-ote
IDBahasa Indonesia
chayote
cha-yo-te
ITItaliano
chayote
ʃa-jo-te
JA日本語
chayote
ちゃよート (cha-yo-to)
KMKM
chayote
ចាយ៉ូត (cha-yote)
KO한국어
chayote
차이오트 (cha-i-o-teu)
MRMR
चायोट (chayote)
cha-i-ote
MSBahasa Melayu
chayote
cha-i-ot
MYမြန်မာ
ချိုတ (cho-ta)
cho-ta
NLNederlands
chayote
ʃa-joːtə
PAPA
ਚਾਇਓਟ (chayōṭ)
cha-i-o-ṭ
PTPortuguês
chayote
ʃa-jo-tɛ
RORomână
chayote
cha-io-te
RUРусский
chayote
чайо́т (chay-ot)
SVSvenska
chayote
ʃa-joːtə
SWKiswahili
chayote
cha-i-ote
TAதமிழ்
சாயோட் (sayoṭ)
sa-yo-ṭ
TEతెలుగు
చాయోట్ (chāyōṭ)
cha-yo-ṭ
THไทย
ชาโยท (cha-yote)
cha-yo-te
UKУкраїнська
чайот (chajot)
chai-ot
URاردو
چائوٹ (chayōṭ)
cha-yo-ṭ
VITiếng Việt
chayote
cha-i-ot
ZH中文
番瓜 (fān guā)
fān gǔa