nicle

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nickel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnikle/ [ˈni.kle]
• Rhymes: -ikle
• Syllabification: ni‧cle

Noun

nicle m (plural nicles)

1. (New Mexico) nickel (5 cent coin)

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “nicle”, 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