almuecín

Spanish

Alternative forms

• muecín

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن (al-muʔaḏḏin), probably by way of Turkish müezzin. Doublet of almuédano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /almweˈθin/ [al.mweˈθĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /almweˈsin/ [al.mweˈsĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: al‧mue‧cín

Noun

almuecín m (plural almuecines)

1. (Islam) muezzin (person who issues call to prayer)

   Synonym: almuédano

Further reading

• “almuecín”, 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