alcaucil

Spanish

Common names for artichoke is the Spanish-speaking world

Alternative forms

• alcacil, arcacil (rare)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a Medieval Latin form *capicella for capitia, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alkauˈθil/ [al.kau̯ˈθil]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkauˈsil/ [al.kau̯ˈsil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: al‧cau‧cil

Noun

alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Andalusia, Extremadura) artichoke (vegetable)

   Synonym: alcachofa f

References

• Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcaucil”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

Further reading

• “alcaucil”, 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