paloduz
Spanish
Alternative forms
- palodul
- palodú
Etymology
palo (“stick”) + duz, archaic form of dulce (“sweet”), possibly a folk-etymological alteration of the synonym alcazuz / orozuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paloˈduθ/ [pa.loˈð̞uθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /paloˈdus/ [pa.loˈð̞us] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pa‧lo‧duz
Noun
paloduz m (plural paloduces)
Further reading
- “paloduz”, 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