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The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
Bucephalandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. There are 30 species of Bucephalandra which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce .
Bucephalandra vespula is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Kalimantan on Borneo. [1] It is an obligate rheophyte , found on shady granite rocks along fast-flowing streams.
Bucephalandra tetana is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Kalimantan on Borneo. [1] It is a petite rheophyte , found on mossy granite rocks alongside rivers. [ 2 ]
Bucephalandra diabolica is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Kalimantan on Borneo. [1] It is a petite obligate rheophyte , found on granite rocks alongside rivers. [ 2 ]
Bucephalandra oncophora is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Kalimantan on Borneo. [1] It is an obligate rheophyte , found on pentlandite (an iron–nickel sulfide mineral) alongside streams.
The word cadre is sometimes pronounced / ˈ k ɑː d r eɪ / in English, as though it were of Spanish origin. In French, the final e is silent and a common English pronunciation is / ˈ k ɑː d r ə /. [8] Legal English is replete with words derived from Norman French, which for a long time was the language of the courts in England and Wales ...
This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.