chicle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; compare Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪkəl/, /ˈt͡ʃɪkliː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Noun

chicle (uncountable)

1. The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum.

Derived terms

• chiclet

Anagrams

• cliche, cliche', cliché

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.kli/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.kli/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.kle/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.klɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.klɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.klɨ/

Noun

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chicle
2. (Brazil) chewing gum

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica

Derived terms

• chicle de goma

Further reading

• “chicle”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chicle”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃikle/ [ˈt͡ʃi.kle]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ikle
• Syllabification: chi‧cle

Noun

chicle m (plural chicles)

1. chewing gum

   Synonyms: goma de mascar, (Llanito) chinga

2. chicle

Derived terms

• chiclero
• chicloso

Descendants

• → Catalan: xicle
• → English: chicle
• → German: Chicle
• → Tarifit: čikli
• → Tunisian Arabic: شكلي (šikli)

Further reading

• “chicle”, 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

Anagrams

• cliché