jicote
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl xīcohtli (“bumblebee”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jicote m (plural jicotes)
- (Central America, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas) bumblebee
- (Honduras, Nicaragua) bumblebee hive
- Synonym: (Mexico) jicotera
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 78
Further reading
[edit]- “jicote”, 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 Nahuan languages
- Spanish terms derived from Nahuan languages
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Central American Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- Louisiana Spanish
- Texas Spanish
- Honduran Spanish
- Nicaraguan Spanish
- es:Bees