jicote
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl xīcohtli (“bumblebee”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jicote m (plural jicotes)
- (Central America, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas) bumblebee
- (Honduras, Nicaragua) bumblebee hive
- Synonym: (Mexico) jicotera
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 78
Further reading[edit]
- “jicote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Nahuan languages
- Spanish terms derived from Nahuan languages
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Central American Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- Louisiana Spanish
- Texas Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- Nicaraguan Spanish
- es:Bees