different between sotol vs mezcal

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl z?tolin (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??t??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so??to?l/

Noun

sotol (countable and uncountable, plural sotols)

1. Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
2. A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.

Anagrams

• loots, lotos, sloot, stool, tools, tosol

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zotol (Mexico)

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl z?tolin (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?tol/, [so?t?ol]
• Rhymes: -ol

Noun

sotol m (plural sotoles)

1. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (desert plant)
2. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)

Descendants

• English: sotol

Further reading

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

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.