mezcal
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English
Noun
mezcal (countable and uncountable, plural mezcals)
- Alternative form of mescal
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mezcal, from Classical Nahuatl mexcalli.
Pronunciation
Noun
mezcal m (plural mescals)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (from metl (“maguey”) + ixca (“cook”) + -lli).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /meθˈkal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mesˈkal/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mez‧cal
Noun
mezcal m (plural mezcales)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “mezcal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10