chicle
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; compare Classical Nahuatl tzictli.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪkəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪkliː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkəl
Noun edit
chicle (uncountable)
- The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chicle m (plural chicles)
- chicle
- (Brazil) chewing gum
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chicle m (plural chicles)
- chewing gum
- Synonyms: goma de mascar, (Llanito) chinga
- chicle
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Further reading edit
- “chicle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014