different between cenote vs cerote

English

Etymology

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya ts?onot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??no?te?/
• IPA^(key): /s??no?ti?/

Noun

cenote (plural cenotes)

1. A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.

Translations

Anagrams

• octene

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya ts?onot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se??no?.t?/
• Hyphenation: cenote
• Rhymes: -o?t?

Noun

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

Italian

Etymology

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya ts?onot.

Noun

cenote m (invariable)

1. cenote

Spanish

Etymology

From Yucatec Maya ts?onot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e?note/, [?e?no.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se?note/, [se?no.t?e]
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

cenote m (plural cenotes)

1. cenote

Descendants

• Dutch: cenote
• English: cenote
• French: cénote
• Italian: cenote

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Spanish cenote, from Yucatec Maya ts?onot.

Noun

cenote c

1. cenote

Declension

English

Noun

cerote (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of cerate.

Anagrams

• cotree, octree

Spanish

Etymology

From cera +? -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e??ote/, [?e??o.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se??ote/, [se??o.t?e]

Noun

cerote m (plural cerotes)

1. (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, vulgar) a turd, excrement

   Synonyms: (Honduras) bojote, cagada, mierda, mojón

2. (El Salvador, Nicaragua, vulgar) asshole, a reprehensible person

   Synonym: pendejo

Derived terms

• cerotón

Further reading

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