alpiste

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pīnsō

Latin pistus

Latin pistumder.

Mozarabicbor.

Andalusian Arabic بشط (bišṭ)bor.

Spanish alpistebor.

French alpiste

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

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

Etymology tree

Latin pīnsō

Latin pistus

Latin pistumder.

Mozarabicbor.

Andalusian Arabic بشط (bišṭ)bor.

Spanish alpistebor.

Portuguese alpiste

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بشط (bišṭ).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

• “alpiste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alpiste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pīnsō

Latin pistus

Latin pistumder.

Mozarabicbor.

Andalusian Arabic بشط (bišṭ)bor.

Spanish alpiste

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بشط (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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pīnsō

Latin pistus

Latin pistumder.

Mozarabicbor.

Andalusian Arabic بشط (bišṭ)bor.

Spanish alpistebor.

Tagalog alpiste

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alpiste (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Related terms

• puto

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