different between agave vs pulque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?, “Agave”), from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????ve?/, /???e?vi?/
• Rhymes: -e?vi

Noun

agave (plural agaves)

1. A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Agave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agave on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Agave on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• agave at USDA Plants database
• aloe
• maguey

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave c (singular definite agaven, plural indefinite agaver)

1. agave

Declension

Further reading

• “agave” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?av/

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave f

1. agave

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave (plant of the genus Agave)

Spanish

Etymology

From translingual Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??abe/, [a???a.??e]

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave

   Synonym: pita

See also

• maguey
• mezcal

Further reading

• “agave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.ke?/, /?p?l.ki/

Noun

pulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)

1. A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.

Translations

See also

• mezcal
• tequila

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Classical Nahuatl term for pulque was octli, or specifically iztac octli (“white pulque”). Pulque may be a Spanish derivation of Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli (literally “spoiled pulque, spoiled wine”), from poliuhqui (“something lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pulke/, [?pul.ke]

Noun

pulque m (plural pulques)

1. pulque

   Synonym: (Mexico) neutle

Derived terms

• pulquero
• pulquería

Descendants

• ? English: pulque

Further reading

• “pulque” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.