cenote
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See also: cénote
English
Etymology
From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole with water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cenote (plural cenotes)
- 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
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cenote m (plural cenotes)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).
Noun
cenote m (invariable)
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈnote/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈnote/
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: ce‧no‧te
Noun
cenote m (plural cenotes)
Descendants
Further reading
- “cenote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).
Noun
cenote c
Declension
| Declension of cenote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | cenote | cenoten | cenoter | cenoterna |
| Genitive | cenotes | cenotens | cenoters | cenoternas |