almizcle

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈmiθkle/ [alˈmiθ.kle] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /alˈmiskle/ [alˈmis.kle] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iθkle (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -iskle (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: al‧miz‧cle

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المسك (al-mísk), from Arabic مِسْك (misk), from Persian مشک (mošk), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, testicle, scrotum).

Noun

almizcle m (plural almizcles)

  1. musk
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tagalog: almiskle

Etymology 2

Verb

almizcle

  1. inflection of almizclar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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