different between sacrificial vs cenote

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis (“sacrificial”), from sacrificium (“sacrifice”), from sacrificus (“sacrificial”), from sacrific? (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”) + faci? (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæk.??.f??.?l/, /?sæk.??.f??.?l/

Adjective

sacrificial (not comparable)

1. Relating to sacrifice

   The old sacrificial well is still there, but animals aren't thrown into it to appease monsters anymore.

2. Used as a sacrifice.

   The sacrificial coating protects the hull, but because it takes the damage the hull doesn't, we must replace it annually.

   The ceremony involves the ritual slaying of a sacrificial lamb.

Derived terms

• sacrificially
• sacrificial anode

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?.k?i.fi.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sa.k?i.fi.si?al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

sacrificial (masculine and feminine plural sacrificials)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrifici

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrifici?lis.

Adjective

sacrificial (plural sacrificiales)

1. sacrificial

Related terms

• sacrificar
• sacrificio

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