different between santon vs santol

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French santon, from Spanish santón.

Noun

santon (plural santons)

1. A Muslim holy man.
   • 1818, John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":

     Part of the building was a chosen see, / Built by a banished santon of Chaldee [...].

2. In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 49:

     Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.

Anagrams

• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog santol, apparently borrowed from Malay sentul.

Noun

santol (plural santols)

1. A tropical Asian tree, Sandoricum koetjape.
2. The fruit of this tree.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alston, Latson, Slaton, Tolans, stanol, talons, tonals

Bikol Central

Etymology

Apparent borrowing from Malay sentul.

Noun

santol

1. santol, (Sandoricum koetjape)

Cebuano

Etymology

Apparent borrowing from Malay sentul.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: san?tol

Noun

santol

1. the santol tree (Sandoricum koetjape)
2. the fruit of this tree

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:santol.

Ilocano

Etymology

Apparent borrowing from Malay sentul.

Noun

santol

1. santol

Spanish

Noun

santol m (plural santoles)

1. santol

Tagalog

Etymology

Apparent borrowing from Malay sentul.

Noun

santol

1. santol