cantil

English

Etymology

From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”).

Noun

cantil (plural cantils)

1. Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.

Anagrams

• Anctil, Catlin, catlin, lactin, tincal

Galician

Cantís, O Vicedo, Galicia

Cantil

Etymology

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/

Noun

cantil m (plural cantís)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)
3. a rebate plane

Derived terms

• acantilar

References

• “cantil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cantil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cantil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cantil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From canto (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtil/ [kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtil/ [kɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantis)

1. canteen (water bottle)

Spanish

Etymology

From canto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/ [kãn̪ˈt̪il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantiles)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)

Derived terms

• acantilar

 

Further reading

• “cantil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014