lentisco

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1409. Learned borrowing from Latin lentīscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lenˈtiskʊ]

Noun

lentisco m (plural lentiscos)

1. mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)

   Synonyms: aroeira, laderno

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lentisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lentisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lentisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Alternative forms

• lentischio (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lentīscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtis.ko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: len‧tì‧sco

Noun

lentisco m (plural lentischi)

1. mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)
   • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎^[1], page 4:

     Quelle, che per arte si traggono sono come il vino, l'olio, la pece, il sugo del lentisco, della logorizia, et altri simili.

     The ones [things] that are extracted are, for example, wine, oil, pitch, the juice of the mastic, of the licorice, and other similar ones.

Further reading

• lentisco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lentiscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈtisko/ [lẽn̪ˈt̪is.ko]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: len‧tis‧co

Noun

lentisco m (plural lentiscos)

1. mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)

Derived terms

• lentisco del Perú

Further reading

• “lentisco”, 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