coscomate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuezcomatl (“earthen vessel used to store grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koskoˈmate/ [kos.koˈma.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: cos‧co‧ma‧te

Noun

coscomate m (plural coscomates)

1. (Mexico) a closed earthenware vessel used to store corn

Hypernyms

• granero m, troje f

Further reading

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