cenote

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole with water”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/

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• IPA^(key): /səˈnoʊtiː/

cenote (plural cenotes)

1. A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.

• octene

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌseːˈnoː.tə/
• Hyphenation: cenote
• Rhymes: -oːtə

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

cenote m (invariable)

1. cenote

• contee, nocete

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈnote/ [θeˈno.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈnote/ [seˈno.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ce‧no‧te

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

• “cenote”, 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

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

cenote c

1. cenote