alcaucil

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a Medieval Latin form *capicella for capitia, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alkauˈθil/ [al.kau̯ˈθil] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /alkauˈsil/ [al.kau̯ˈsil] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: al‧cau‧cil

Noun

alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)

  1. (Rioplatense, Andalusia, Extremadura) artichoke (vegetable)
    Synonym: alcachofa f
  2. (Rioplatense, colloquial) dolt

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcaucil”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

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