pinole
See also: Pinole
English
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish pinole, from Classical Nahuatl pinolli (“flour, ground maize or chia”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /piːˈnəʊleɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /pi.ˈnoʊleɪ/
Noun
pinole (countable and uncountable, plural pinoles)
- A coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, which may be eaten by itself or incorporated into drinks.
- 2009 February 11, Melissa Clark, “Third Time’s the Charm, Valentine”, in New York Times:
- But all of them also called for obscure ingredients whole cacao beans and a toasted corn flour called pinole, for example.
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Anagrams
- Leipon, Pelion, pile on, pile-on
Spanish
Alternative forms
- pinol (Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl pinolli (“flour, ground maize or chia”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈnole/ [piˈno.le]
- Rhymes: -ole
- Syllabification: pi‧no‧le
Noun
pinole m (uncountable)
- (Latin America) pinole
Derived terms
- pinolillo
Further reading
- “pinole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014