alcaucil

Spanish

Common names for artichoke is the Spanish-speaking world

Alternative forms

alcacil, arcacil (rare)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a form *capicella from Medieval Latin capitia from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /alkauˈθil/ [al.kau̯ˈθil]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alkauˈsil/ [al.kau̯ˈsil]
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: al‧cau‧cil

Noun

alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)

(Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Spain) artichoke (vegetable)
Synonym: alcachofa

References

Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcaucil”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

Further reading

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

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