Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tezontle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tezon-tle
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: tezontle, tetzontli

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tezontle mean?: A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.
Where does tezontle come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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