different between dye vs achiote

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: die, Di, Dai

Etymology 1

From Middle English deie, from Old English d?ah, d?ag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daug? (“colour, shade”), from *daugan?, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”).

The verb is from Middle English deien, from Old English d?agian, from the noun.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) die

Noun

dye (countable and uncountable, plural dyes)

1. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
2. Any hue, color, or blee.

Synonyms

• colourant
• tincture

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ink

Verb

dye (third-person singular simple present dyes, present participle dyeing, simple past and past participle dyed)

1. (transitive) To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

Synonyms

• (to color): tint, stain, shade, streak

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

dye (plural dyce)

1. Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice”)
   • 1748. David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46:

     If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter;

Translations

Anagrams

• Dey, dey, ye'd, yed

Afrikaans

Noun

dye

1. plural of dy

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French dieu (“god”).

Noun

dye

1. god

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.