alcaucil

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Spanish

Common names for artichoke is the Spanish-speaking world

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a form *capicella from Medieval Latin capitia from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alkauˈθil/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /alkauˈsil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: al‧cau‧cil

Noun

alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Spain) artichoke (vegetable)
    Synonym: alcachofa

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcaucil”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

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