teocinte

Spanish

Etymology

apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /teoˈθinte/ [t̪e.oˈθĩn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teoˈsinte/ [t̪e.oˈsĩn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -inte
• Syllabification: te‧o‧cin‧te

Noun

teocinte m (uncountable)

1. (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte

Descendants

• French: téosinte
  • English: teosinte

Further reading

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