alpiste

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.pist/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

• “alpiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alpista (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.te/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈpiʃ.tɨ/ [aɫˈpiʃ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈpiste/ [alˈpis.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -iste
• Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)
2. birdseed

Descendants

• → French: alpiste
• → Galician: alpiste
• → Portuguese: alpiste, alpista (Portugal)
• → Tagalog: alpiste

Further reading

• “alpiste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste, from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈpiste/ [ʔɐlˈpis.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -iste
• Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 27