alpiste

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.pist/
Audio (file)

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Further reading

“alpiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

(Portugal) alpista

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpiste.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯ˈpiʃ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpis.te/ [aʊ̯ˈpis.te]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈpiʃ.tɨ/ [aɫˈpiʃ.tɨ]

Hyphenation: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

canary grass (Phalaris canariensis)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈpiste/ [alˈpis.t̪e]
Rhymes: -iste
Syllabification: al‧pis‧te

Noun

alpiste m (plural alpistes)

Descendants

→ French: alpiste
→ Galician: alpiste
→ Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista

Further reading

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

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