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English
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʊl.keɪ/, /ˈpʊl.ki/
Noun
pulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)
- A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents.
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
pulque m (plural pulques)
- pulque
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Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. The Classical Nahuatl term for pulque was octli, or specifically iztac octli (“white pulque”). Pulque may be a Spanish derivation of Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli (literally “spoiled pulque, spoiled wine”), from poliuhqui (“something lost”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulke/
- Rhymes: -ulke
- Syllabification: pul‧que
Noun
pulque m (plural pulques)
- pulque (alcoholic beverage)
- Synonym: (Mexico) neutle
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