chicle

Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; compare Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪkəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪkliː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

chicle (uncountable)

1. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum.

• chiclet

• cliche, cliche', cliché

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chicle
2. (Brazil) chewing gum

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica

• chicle de goma

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃikle/ [ˈt͡ʃi.kle]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ikle
• Syllabification: chi‧cle

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chewing gum

   Synonyms: goma de mascar, (Llanito) chinga

2. chicle

• → Catalan: xicle
• → English: chicle
• → German: Chicle
• → Tunisian Arabic: شكلي (šikli)

• “chicle”, 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

• cliché