Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balché

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: balche
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: balché, balcheʼ

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

balche (alternative)

Questions

What does balché mean?: An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.
Where does balché come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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