aljez
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِصّ (jiṣṣ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈxeθ/ [alˈxeθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /alˈxes/ [alˈxes] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: al‧jez
Noun
aljez m (plural aljeces)
Further reading
- “aljez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025