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teosinte

/tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
teosinte
IPA
/tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French téosinte, from Spanish teocinte, from Classical Nahuatl teocintli, apparently from teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/
  • British English: /tiːəʊˈsinteɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

teosintes (plural)

Rhymes With

minty inti squinty flinty shinty quinte linty glinty

Questions

How do you pronounce teosinte?
The recorded pronunciation is /tiːoʊˈsɪnteɪ/.
What does teosinte mean?
Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Where does teosinte come from?
It is traced to French.

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