cenzontle

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh (mockingbird, literally possessor of four hundred words), from centzontli (four hundred, a count of four hundred) + tlahtōlli (language, word, statement) + -eh (possessor of).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈθontle/ [θẽn̟ˈθõn̪.t̪le]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈsontle/ [sẽnˈsõn̪.t̪le]
  • Rhymes: -ontle
  • Syllabification: cen‧zon‧tle

Noun

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cenzontle m (plural cenzontles)

  1. mockingbird

Further reading

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