pulque

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), possibly from Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊl.keɪ/, /ˈpʊl.ki/

Noun

pulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)

  1. A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:
      You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents.

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pulque m (plural pulques)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Classical Nahuatl term for pulque was octli, or specifically iztac octli (white pulque). Pulque may be a Spanish derivation of Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli (literally spoiled pulque, spoiled wine), from poliuhqui (something lost).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulke/ [ˈpul.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ulke
  • Syllabification: pul‧que

Noun

pulque m (plural pulques)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (alcoholic beverage)
    Synonym: (Mexico) neutle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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