liquen

Borrowed from Latin līchēn, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn, “tree moss, lichen”), likely from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈli.kən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈli.ken]

liquen m (plural líquens)

1. lichen

• “liquen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin līchēnem, from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn, “tree moss, lichen”), likely from λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick up”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈliken/ [ˈli.kẽn]
• Rhymes: -iken
• Syllabification: li‧quen

liquen m (plural líquenes)

1. lichen

• “liquen”, 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
• liquen on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es