alpiste
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.pist/
Audio (file)
Noun
alpiste m (plural alpistes)
- canary grass
Further reading
- “alpiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- alpista (European)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈpis.te/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.te]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈpiʃ.t(ɨ)/ [aɫˈpiʃ.t(ɨ)]
- Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te
Noun
alpiste m (plural alpistes)
- canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈpiste/ [alˈpis.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -iste
- Syllabification: al‧pis‧te
Noun
alpiste m (plural alpistes)
- canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
- birdseed
Descendants
- → French: alpiste
- → Galician: alpiste
- → Portuguese: alpiste, alpista
Further reading
- “alpiste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014