Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

datil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: datil
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.

noun

The queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, or its leaf fibers used for weaving.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Mexican yucca or its leaf fibers.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The first Datil was probably brought to the United States from the West Indies during either the British period or the second Spanish occupation of East Florida (1784–1821).[…] The word “Dátil” refers to the fruit of the date palm, both in Spanish and in the language of the Minorcans who named the pepper in St. Augustine."
"No one knows if the colonists brought datil peppers with them.[…] More than likely the Minorcans did give the incendiary peppers their name, for the green to gold pods somewhat resemble dates, a linkage cemented by the knowledge that datil is the word for the fruit of the date palm in both the Catalan and Spanish languages."

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Catalan dàtil or Spanish dátil (“date”); see quotes below.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: dátil

Usage

Inflected Forms

datils (plural)

Phrases

datil yucca

Questions

What does datil mean?: A datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
Where does datil come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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