encina
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish enzina, from Late Latin *ilicīna, based on Latin īlex (“holm oak”). Compare Catalan alzina (“holm oak”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθina/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.na]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enˈsina/ [ẽnˈsi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: en‧ci‧na
Noun edit
encina f (plural encinas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “encina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014