tezontle
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
Noun
edittezontle (uncountable)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head, hair”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /teˈθontle/ [t̪eˈθõn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /teˈsontle/ [t̪eˈsõn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -ontle
- Syllabification: te‧zon‧tle
Noun
edittezontle m (uncountable)
Descendants
edit- English: tezontle
Further reading
edit- “tezontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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