teocinte
Spanish
Etymology
apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /teoˈθinte/ [t̪e.oˈθĩn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /teoˈsinte/ [t̪e.oˈsĩn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -inte
- Syllabification: te‧o‧cin‧te
Noun
teocinte m (uncountable)
- (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte
Descendants
- French: téosinte
- English: teosinte
Further reading
- “teocinte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014