cenote

cenote

See also: cénote

English

WOTD – 13 October 2015

Etymology

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonot (“hole with water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/

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• IPA^(key): /səˈnoʊtiː/

Noun

cenote (plural cenotes)

1. A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.

Translations

deep natural well or sinkhole

Arabic: سِينُوتِي‎ m (sinōtē) Basque: zenote, cenote Danish: ferskvandshul ?, cenote ? Dutch: cenote m Finnish: sortumakaivo French: cénote (fr) m German: Cenote m or f or n Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: סנוטה‎ m (senóte) Italian: cenote m Japanese: セノーテ (senōte) Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: cenote m Russian: сено́т m (senót) Spanish: cenote (es) m Swedish: cenote c

Anagrams

• octene

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonot (“hole in water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌseːˈnoː.tə/
• Hyphenation: cenote
• Rhymes: -oːtə

Noun

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonot (“hole in water”).

Noun

cenote m (invariable)

1. cenote

Anagrams

• contee, nocete

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Spanish

Etymology

From Yucatec Maya tsʼonot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈnote/ [θeˈno.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈnote/ [seˈno.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ce‧no‧te

Noun

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

Descendants

• → Dutch: cenote
• → English: cenote
• → French: cénote
• → Italian: cenote

Further reading

• “cenote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonot (“hole in water”).

Noun

cenote c

1. cenote

Declension

Declension of cenote
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cenote	cenoten	cenoter	cenoterna
Genitive	cenotes	cenotens	cenoters	cenoternas