alfalfez

== Old Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa). === Noun === alfalfez m (plural alfalfezes) alfalfa ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: alfalfa, alfalfez (Argentina)→ English: alfalfa→ Irish: alfalfa→ Welsh: alffalffa→ Italian: alfalfa→ Swedish: alfalfa→ Tagalog: alpalpa == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alfalˈfeθ/ [al.falˈfeθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /alfalˈfes/ [al.falˈfes] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: al‧fal‧fez === Noun === alfalfez m (plural alfalfeces) (Argentina) alternative form of alfalfa === Further reading === “alfalfez”, 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