cempasúchil
Spanish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cempōhualxōchitl, from cempōhualli (“twenty”) + xōchitl (“flower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θempaˈsut͡ʃil/ [θẽm.paˈsu.t͡ʃil]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sempaˈsut͡ʃil/ [sẽm.paˈsu.t͡ʃil]
- Rhymes: -utʃil
- Syllabification: cem‧pa‧sú‧chil
- Homophones: sempasúchil, (Latin America) zempasúchil
Noun
[edit]cempasúchil m (plural cempasúchiles)
- Mexican marigold
- Synonyms: flor de cempasúchil, flor de muertos
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cempasúchil”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/utʃil
- Rhymes:Spanish/utʃil/4 syllables
- Spanish terms with homophones
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Composites
- es:Flowers