cenzontle

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cenzonte (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
• senzonte (Honduras)
• sinsonte (Cuba, Honduras, Mexico)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenˈθontle/ [θẽn̟ˈθõn̪.t̪le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senˈsontle/ [sẽnˈsõn̪.t̪le]

Noun

cenzontle m (plural cenzontles)

1. mockingbird