cantil

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English

Etymology

From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”).

Noun

cantil (plural cantils)

  1. Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.

Anagrams

Galician

Cantís, O Vicedo, Galicia
Cantil

Etymology

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantil m (plural cantís)

  1. cliff
  2. shelf (underwater)
  3. a rebate plane

Derived terms

References

  • “cantil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cantil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cantil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cantil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From canto (“corner”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantis)

  1. canteen (water bottle)

Spanish

Etymology

From canto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantiles)

  1. cliff
  2. shelf (underwater)

Derived terms

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