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7-letter words (1 found)

ALCALDE,

6-letter words (2 found)

ALCADE,CALLED,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALDEA,CAAED,CALLA,CELLA,CLADE,DALLE,DECAL,LACED,LADLE,

4-letter words (17 found)

ACED,ALAE,ALEC,CADE,CALL,CELL,CLAD,DAAL,DACE,DALE,DEAL,DELL,ECAD,LACE,LADE,LEAD,LEAL,

3-letter words (18 found)

AAL,ACE,ALA,ALE,ALL,CAA,CAD,CAL,CEL,DAE,DAL,DEL,ELD,ELL,LAC,LAD,LEA,LED,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AD,AE,AL,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from alcalde according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alcalde

alcalde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”). Doublet of qadi and casis.

Pronunciation

Noun

alcalde (plural alcaldes)

  1. In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with alcaide.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • qadi

Further reading

  • alcalde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈkal.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [alˈkal.ðe]

Noun

alcalde m or f by sense (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldessa)

  1. mayor

Related terms

  • alcaldada
  • alcaldia

Further reading

  • “alcalde” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “alcalde” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “alcalde”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alkalde/

Noun

alcalde

  1. mayor

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish alcalde, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْقَاضِي, from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɬˈkáːɬ.teʔ]

Noun

alcalde (animate, plural alcaldesmeh)

  1. A municipal judge or member of the cabildo.

Derived terms

  • alcaldeyōtl

References

  • Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alcalde, from Old Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkalðe̝/

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)

  1. mayor (leader of a city)
    • 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:

Related terms

  • alcaldía

References

  • “alcalde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “alcalde” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “alcalde” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “alcalde” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “alcalde” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcalde, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcalzi)

  1. alcalde

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish alcalde, alcalle, from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “the judge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkalde/ [alˈkal̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -alde
  • Syllabification: al‧cal‧de

Noun

alcalde m (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldesa, feminine plural alcaldesas)

  1. mayor (the leader of a city or a municipality)
    Synonyms: (Argentina) intendente, edil
  2. (Spain, Southwestern US) an official such as an administrator, mayor, or judge
    Synonym: oficial

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: alcalde
  • → Classical Nahuatl: alcalde
  • → Tagalog: alkalde
  • → Western Highland Chatino: rle

See also

  • burgomaestre
  • edil

Further reading

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

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