alcornoque

== English == === Noun === alcornoque The plant Bowdichia virgilioides. ==== Alternative forms ==== alcornoco == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from Latin quernus (“relating to oak”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ Hyphenation: al‧cor‧no‧que === Noun === alcornoque m (plural alcornoques) (botany) tree of the fagaceae family (Quercus suber) from which cork is extracted Synonyms: sobreiro, sobro (Alentejo) old cork oak trunk === Further reading === “alcornoque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alcornoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkoɾˈnoke/ [al.koɾˈno.ke] Rhymes: -oke Syllabification: al‧cor‧no‧que === Noun === alcornoque m (plural alcornoques) cork oak cork (bark of the cork oak) Synonym: corcho (slang) nincompoop, knucklehead ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “alcornoque”, 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