alpiste

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.pist/
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Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

“alpiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

(Portugal) alpista

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.te/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈpiʃ.tɨ/ [aɫˈpiʃ.tɨ]

Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈpiste/ [alˈpis.t̪e]
Rhymes: -iste
Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

Descendants

→ French: alpiste
→ Galician: alpiste
→ Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista
→ Tagalog: alpiste

Further reading

“alpiste”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste, from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈpiste/ [ʔɐlˈpis.t̪ɛ]
Rhymes: -iste
Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 27