aljez

Borrowed from Arabic جِصّ (jiṣṣ).

• IPA^(key): /alˈxeθ/ [alˈxeθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alˈxes/ [alˈxes] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: al‧jez

aljez m (plural aljeces)

1. gypsum

• “aljez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024