alcornoque
Spanish
Etymology
From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkoɾˈnoke/ [al.koɾˈno.ke]
- Rhymes: -oke
- Syllabification: al‧cor‧no‧que
Noun
alcornoque m (plural alcornoques)
- cork oak
- cork (bark of the cork oak)
- Synonym: corcho
- (slang) nincompoop
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alcornoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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