tezontle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
Noun[edit]
tezontle (uncountable)
- A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head, hair”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /teˈθontle/ [t̪eˈθõn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /teˈsontle/ [t̪eˈsõn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -ontle
- Syllabification: te‧zon‧tle
Noun[edit]
tezontle m (uncountable)
Descendants[edit]
- English: tezontle
Further reading[edit]
- “tezontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ontle
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