different between chicle vs chicly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???k?l/, /?t???kli?/

Noun

chicle (uncountable)

1. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum

Anagrams

• cliche, cliche', cliché

Portuguese

Noun

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chicle
2. chewing gum

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica

Derived terms

• chicle de goma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ikle/, [?t??i.kle]

Noun

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chewing gum

   Synonym: goma de mascar

2. chicle

Derived terms

• chiclero
• chicloso

Descendants

• English: chicle

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cliché

English

Etymology

chic +? -ly

Adverb

chicly (comparative more chicly, superlative most chicly)

1. In a chic or fashionable way

   She was chicly attired in a black dress.

Anagrams

• chylic