xinene

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl xinine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈnene/ [ʃiˈne.ne]
• Rhymes: -ene

Noun

xinene m (plural xinenes)

1. (Mexico) Alternative spelling of chinín (tree and its fruit)

Further reading

• “xinene”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010