alpiste

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.pist/
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Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

  1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

  1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈpiste/
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

  1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
  2. birdseed

Descendants

  • French: alpiste
  • Galician: alpiste
  • Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista

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