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botijo

/boʊˈti.hoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
boti-jo
IPA
/boʊˈti.hoʊ/
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula (or from Late Latin butticula, with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /boʊˈti.hoʊ/
  • British English: /bəʊˈtiː.həʊ/

Inflected Forms

botijos (plural) botija (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce botijo?
The recorded pronunciation is /boʊˈti.hoʊ/.
What does botijo mean?
A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.
Where does botijo come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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