jacinto

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

• Homophone: Jacinto
• Hyphenation: ja‧cin‧to

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)

Borrowed from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xaˈθinto/ [xaˈθĩn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xaˈsinto/ [xaˈsĩn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: ja‧cin‧to

jacinto m (plural jacintos)

1. hyacinth

• jacintino

• → Tagalog: hasinto

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “jacinto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 480

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