alcedón
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin alcēdinem, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”). Adapted to -ón.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /alθeˈdon/ [al̟.θeˈð̞õn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alseˈdon/ [al.seˈð̞õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: al‧ce‧dón
Noun
[edit]alcedón m (plural alcedones)
- kingfisher
- Synonyms: martín pescador, alción, guardarrío
Further reading
[edit]- “alcedón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ón
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/on
- Rhymes:Spanish/on/3 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Birds