alfeñique
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْفَانِيد (al-fānīd) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian پانید (pānīd, “sugar candy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfeˈɲike/ [al.feˈɲi.ke]
- Rhymes: -ike
- Syllabification: al‧fe‧ñi‧que
Noun
alfeñique m (plural alfeñiques)
- alfeñique, a type of sugar confectionary
- weakling, a weak person
Descendants
- → French: alphénic
- → English: alphenic
Further reading
- “alfeñique”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
alfeñique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia