ejército
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish exército, borrowed from Latin exercitus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the 15th century in Juan de Mena and the marquis of Santillana, replacing the inherited Old Spanish hueste. The borrowing was read with the “native” Old Spanish value of x, /ʃ/, instead of /ks/, cf. ejemplo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈxeɾθito/ [eˈxeɾ.θi.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /eˈxeɾsito/ [eˈxeɾ.si.t̪o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθito
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾsito
- Syllabification: e‧jér‧ci‧to
Noun edit
ejército m (plural ejércitos)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- ejercitar (verb)
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ejercer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 548
Further reading edit
- “ejército”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014