teocinte

Spanish

Etymology

apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /teoˈθinte/ [t̪e.oˈθĩn̪.t̪e]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /teoˈsinte/ [t̪e.oˈsĩn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -inte
Syllabification: te‧o‧cin‧te

Noun

teocinte m (uncountable)

(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte

Descendants

French: téosinte
- English: teosinte

Further reading

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

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