chiclete

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Chiclets (a brand of candy-coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams), from chicle (principal ingredient of chewing gum), from Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli (“gum of the sapodilla tree, chewing gum”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈklɛ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈklɛ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈklɛ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈklɛ.tɨ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
Hyphenation: chi‧cle‧te

Noun

chiclete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural chicletes)

gum (single piece of chewing gum)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica
- 1981, “Chiclete”, in Táxi, performed by Táxi:
  Como esta música é produto acabado / Da sociedade de consumo imediato / Como tudo o que se comete nesta vida, chiclete
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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