mezcal

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

mezcal (countable and uncountable, plural mezcals)

1. Alternative form of mescal

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish mezcal, from Classical Nahuatl mexcalli.

NounEdit

mezcal m (plural mescals)

1. mescal

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“cooked maguey; mezcal”), from metl (“maguey”) + a derivation of ixca (“to cook, bake, roast”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /meθˈkal/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /mesˈkal/

NounEdit

mezcal m (plural mezcales)

1. mezcal
2. The variety of the agave plant from with mezcal is distilled.

DescendantsEdit

• English: mescal, mezcal
• French: mezcal

Further readingEdit

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