cantil

Etymology

From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”)

Noun

cantil (plural cantils)

1. Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.

Anagrams

• Anctil, Catlin, catlin, lactin, tincal

Etymology

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) +‎ -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/

Noun

cantil m (plural cantís)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)
3. a rebate plane

References

• “cantil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cantil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cantil” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “cantil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From canto (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: can‧til

Noun

cantil m (plural cantis)

1. canteen (water bottle)

Etymology

From canto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtil/, [kãn̪ˈt̪il]

Noun

cantil m (plural cantiles)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)

Further reading

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