almizcle

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈmiθkle/ [alˈmiθ.kle]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alˈmiskle/ [alˈmis.kle]
Audio (Spain): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -iθkle
(Latin America) Rhymes: -iskle
Syllabification: al‧miz‧cle

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المسك (al-mísk), from Arabic مِسْك (misk), from Persian (mošk), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle, scrotum”).

Noun

almizcle m (plural almizcles)

musk

Derived terms

almizclar (verb)
almizcleño, almizclero (“musky”)

Descendants

→ Tagalog: almiskle

Verb

almizcle

inflection of almizclar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

“almizcle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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