encina

Spanish

Alternative forms

encino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish enzina, from Vulgar Latin ilicīna, based on Latin īlex (“holm oak”). Compare Catalan alzina (“holm oak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈθina/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.na]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /enˈsina/ [ẽnˈsi.na]
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: en‧ci‧na

Noun

encina f (plural encinas)

holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak

Derived terms

encinar

Further reading

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

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