tezontle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).

Noun

tezontle (uncountable)

1. A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head, hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /teˈθontle/ [t̪eˈθõn̪.t̪le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teˈsontle/ [t̪eˈsõn̪.t̪le]
• Rhymes: -ontle
• Syllabification: te‧zon‧tle

Noun

tezontle m (uncountable)

1. tezontle

Descendants

• English: tezontle

Further reading

• “tezontle”, 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