alcaucil
Spanish
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
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /alkauˈθil/, [alkau̯ˈθil]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /alkauˈsil/, [alkau̯ˈsil]
Noun
alcaucil m (plural alcauciles)
Further reading
- “alcaucil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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
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