tezontle
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
Noun edit
tezontle (uncountable)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
tezontle m (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- English: tezontle
Further reading edit
- “tezontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014