tezontle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”). === Noun === tezontle (uncountable) A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head, hair”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈθontle/ [t̪eˈθõn̪.t̪le] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /teˈsontle/ [t̪eˈsõn̪.t̪le] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ontle Syllabification: te‧zon‧tle === Noun === tezontle m (uncountable) tezontle ==== Descendants ==== English: tezontle === Further reading === “tezontle”, 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