different between cooking vs achiote

English

Etymology

From cook +? -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
   1. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.

      My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.

      I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
   2. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

      What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

Synonyms

• (skill or style of food preparation): See culinary art

Derived terms

• cooking oil

Translations

Adjective

cooking (not comparable)

1. (informal) In progress, happening.

   The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.

Verb

cooking

1. present participle of cook

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish achiote, from Classical Nahuatl ?chiy?tl.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?i??o?ti/, /??ki??o?ti/

Noun

achiote (plural achiotes)

1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
3. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

Synonyms

• annatto
• E160b (when used as a food colouring)

Translations

Anagrams

• chaoite

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish achiote.

Noun

achiote m (plural achiotes)

1. achiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)

   Synonyms: urucu, urucum, urucuzeiro, urucueiro

2. achiote (seed of the achiote shrub)

   Synonyms: urucu, urucum

3. achiote (orange-red dye obtained from achiote seeds)

   Synonyms: urucu, urucum

Spanish

Alternative forms

• achuete (Philippines)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ?chiy?tl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t??jote/, [a?t??jo.t?e]
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

achiote m (plural achiotes)

1. (Latin America) achiote (Bixa orellana, a tropical American evergreen shrub)

   Synonyms: bija, urucú

2. (Latin America) achiote (seed of the achiote shrub)

   Synonyms: bija, urucú

3. (Latin America) achiote (orange-red dye obtained from achiote seeds)

   Synonyms: bija, urucú

Descendants

• English: achiote

Further reading

• “achiote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.