cenzontle

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh (“mockingbird”, literally “possessor of four hundred words”), from centzontli (“four hundred, a count of four hundred”) + tlahtōlli (“language, word, statement”) + -eh (“possessor of”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θenˈθontle/ [θẽn̟ˈθõn̪.t̪le] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /senˈsontle/ [sẽnˈsõn̪.t̪le] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ontle
  • Syllabification: cen‧zon‧tle

Noun

cenzontle m (plural cenzontles)

  1. mockingbird

Further reading

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