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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).
Noun
alfalfez m (plural alfalfezes)
- alfalfa
c. 1380–1385, Ferrer Sayol, transl., Libro de Palladio, translation of Opus agriculturae by Palladius, page 130r:
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alfalˈfeθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alfalˈfes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: al‧fal‧fez
Noun
alfalfez m (plural alfalfeces)
- (Argentina) Alternative form of alfalfa
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