yesífero

Spanish

Etymology

From yeso +‎ -ífero.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈsifeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈsi.fe.ɾo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈsifeɾo/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈsi.fe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈsifeɾo/ [ʃeˈsi.fe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈsifeɾo/ [ʒeˈsi.fe.ɾo]

• Rhymes: -ifeɾo
• Syllabification: ye‧sí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

yesífero (feminine yesífera, masculine plural yesíferos, feminine plural yesíferas)

1. gypsiferous

Further reading

• “yesífero”, 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