alcornoque
English edit
Noun edit
alcornoque
- The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
Alternative forms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from Latin quernus (“relating to oak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)
- cork oak
- cork (bark of the cork oak)
- Synonym: corcho
- (slang) nincompoop
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alcornoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014