almez

Spanish

Alternative forms

• almezo

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الميس (al-méys), from Arabic مَيْس (mays, “a kind of tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈmeθ/ [alˈmeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈmes/ [alˈmes]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: al‧mez

Noun

almez m (plural almeces)

1. (Celtis) hackberry

   Synonyms: alatonero, aligonero, alironero, (Andalucía) almecino, ladonero, latonero, ledonero, lironero, llidonero, lodoño, lotono, ramón

2. (Celtis australis L.) Mediterranean hackberry

Derived terms

• almecino

 

Related terms

• almeza

 

Further reading

• “almez”, 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