different between mezcal vs mescal

English

Noun

mezcal (countable and uncountable, plural mezcals)

1. Alternative form of mescal

French

Etymology

From Spanish mezcal, from Classical Nahuatl mexcalli.

Pronunciation

Noun

mezcal m (plural mescals)

1. mescal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl mexcalli, from metl (“maguey”) +? ixca (“cook”) +? -lli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /me??kal/, [me??kal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mes?kal/, [mes?kal]

Noun

mezcal m (plural mezcales)

1. mezcal
2. the variety of the agave plant from with mezcal is distilled

Descendants

• ? English: mescal, mezcal
• ? French: mezcal
• ? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mescöl

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• mezcal
• mexcal (rare)

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

Noun

mescal (countable and uncountable, plural mescals)

1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
2. The peyote cactus.

Derived terms

• mescaline

Translations

Anagrams

• Camels, Malecs, camels, macles, mascle, scamel

Portuguese

Noun

mescal m (plural mescais)

1. peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)
2. mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave)

Synonyms

• peiote