Noun: alzacuello
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | alzacuello |
| Plural m | alzacuellos |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like alzacuello
whopper,
egocentrismo,
cervantismo,
nipofilo,
botellazo,
radionúclido,
palenque,
esferoide,
hierodiácono,
miligramo,
entrenamiento,
saxófono,
oligopéptido,
espongocele,
contratiempo,
entrechocamiento,
decímetro,
carrotanque,
mililitro,
mesangio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) + cuello (“neck”). Calque of Middle French housecol, houchecol (modern French hausse-col). First attested in 1580. See: French Nouns '
hausse-col'.
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