alcacel

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alcácel, alcacer

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِيل (qaṣīl).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈsɛw/ [aʊ̯.kaˈsɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈsɛl/ [aɫ.kɐˈsɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈsɛl/ [aɫ.kɐˈsɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈsɛ.li/ [aɫ.kɐˈsɛ.li]

Noun

alcacel m (plural alcacéis)

1. green rye, wheat, barley, oats used as fodder

   Synonym: ferrã

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَصِيل (al-qaṣīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alkaˈθel/ [al.kaˈθel]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkaˈsel/ [al.kaˈsel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: al‧ca‧cel

Noun

alcacel m (plural alcaceles)

1. Synonym of alcacer

Further reading

• “alcacel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10