cantil

English

Etymology

From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”).

Noun

cantil (plural cantils)

1. Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.

Anagrams

• Catlin, tincal, CanLit, lactin, catlin, Anctil

Galician

Cantís, O Vicedo, Galicia

Cantil

Etymology

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/

Noun

cantil m (plural cantís)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)
3. a rebate plane

Derived terms

• acantilar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cantil”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cantil”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cantil”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cantil”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From canto (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtil/ [kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtil/ [kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantis)

1. canteen (water bottle)

Spanish

Etymology

From canto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/ [kãn̪ˈt̪il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantiles)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)

Derived terms

• acantilar

 

Further reading

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