# Plural form of avocado **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450 "2015-09-16T06:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/21 "2015-09-18T02:41:10Z")
My money’s on: avocadæ Tripler Because it makes you look like a good cook, and a _smart_ cook! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/22 "2015-09-18T03:03:11Z")
Guacamole. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/23 "2015-09-18T03:59:11Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I suppose it’s time to look at the etymology of the word. From [the Online Etymology Dictionary](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=avocado&searchmode=none) The earliest use in English, in the form “avogato pear,” seems to be in [1697, in William Dampier’s _A New Voyage Round the World._](http://findwords.info/term/avocado) > [@](#): > > 1697 W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 203 The Avogato Pear-tree is as big as most Pear-trees…the Fruit as big as a large Lemon. This became corrupted to “alligator pear,” probably influenced by the fruit’s knobby green skin. This is actually the name I first encountered for the fruit, in a natural history book published in the 1950s. Avocados were essentially unknown when I was a kid, at least in the far reaches of the Bronx. I didn’t try one before the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/24 "2015-09-18T18:50:44Z")
Dammit, how I want some nachos, stat. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/25 "2015-09-18T19:44:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Dammit, how I want some nachos, stat. Not nachoes? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/26 "2015-09-18T20:30:48Z")
Nachae. Tripler Dammint, now _I’m_ hungry. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/27 "2015-09-18T22:55:57Z")
The avocados number 6.0221415 × 10^23. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/28 "2015-09-18T23:35:33Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > The avocados number 6.0221415 × 10^23. That’s the Guacamole referred to earlier. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/29 "2015-09-19T01:02:39Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > > [@gigi](#): > > > > The avocados number 6.0221415 × 10^23. > > That’s the Guacamole referred to earlier. A batch of guacamole made from a mole of avocados would be approximately half the mass of Mars. Guac is less dense than rock so although lighter, the one-mole batch of guac would be about the same size as Mars. Better bring a lot of chips. And for a somewhat less tasty concoction made in molar quantities there’s always this inspirational recipe: [A Mole of Moles](https://what-if.xkcd.com/4/) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/30 "2015-09-19T01:30:50Z")
If you’re using Latin/Italianate pluralization, I think it would be avocado/avocadi and nacho/nachi (well, naccio/nacci). I am used to “tomatoes” and “potatoes,” but “mangoes”? Huh. When I have Chrome’s spell check set to US English, it indicates that is correct. But if I set it to UK English, it accepts “mangoes”, but also accepts the less cluttered spelling “mangos.” The plural of “dynamo” is still “dynamos,” though. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/31 "2015-09-19T02:10:00Z")
If you have a large group of avacadoes, it’s an avacaherd. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/32 "2015-09-19T03:55:13Z")
Groucho: “Do you know how alligator pears are made?” Margaret Dumont: “I’ve not the slightest idea.” Groucho: “That’s because you’ve never been an alligator. And don’t let it happen again.” Honest story: the first time I watched _The Cocoanuts_ it was a \*\*Spanish \*\*dub. They had to do some rewriting on the bit about the avocados since in modern Spanish _aguacates_ have jack to do with alligators. A wedge of ripe avocado with olive oil and a pinch of salt is a fine thing to have on your dish. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/33 "2015-09-19T11:47:58Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > … A wedge of ripe avocado with olive oil and a pinch of salt is a fine thing to have on your dish. It’s even better if you put the rest of the avocado right alongside that first slice. 🙂 They’re also nice with a light dusting of your favorite Cajun spice. One like that is part of my breakfast most days. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/34 "2015-09-19T15:06:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > And for a somewhat less tasty concoction made in molar quantities there’s always this inspirational recipe: [A Mole of Moles](https://what-if.xkcd.com/4/) 😃 I had never thought about that–because who would? Good ole xkcd. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450/35 "2015-09-20T22:50:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A batch of guacamole made from a mole of avocados would be approximately half the mass of Mars. I thought moles usually involved chilis and chocolate? > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If you have a large group of avacadoes, it’s an avacaherd. And if you want to know how not to cook them, it’s avocadon’ts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-form-of-avocado/731450.md?page=1)