cenote

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole with water”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈnoʊteɪ/

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• IPA^(key): /səˈnoʊtiː/

cenote (plural cenotes)

1. A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.

• octene

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌseːˈnoː.tə/
• Hyphenation: cenote
• Rhymes: -oːtə

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

cenote m (invariable)

1. cenote

• contee, nocete

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈnote/ [θeˈno.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈnote/ [seˈno.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: ce‧no‧te

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

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

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya tsʼonoʼot (“hole in water”).

cenote c

1. cenote