clerico
Latin
Noun
clēricō
- dative/ablative singular of clēricus
References
- clerico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Etymology
A loanblend with English and Spanish, absorbed into the Spanish lexicon unique to Belize.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kleˈɾiko/ [kleˈɾi.ko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: cle‧ri‧co
Noun
clerico m (plural clericos)
- (Belize) clerical work
References
- Timothy W. Hagerty (1996), “Chapter 7: The Influence of English on the Spanish Language of Belize”, in Michael D. Phillips, editor, Belize: Selected Proceedings from the Second Interdisciplinary Conference, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 136