carcax

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old French carcois, carquais, tarquait, tarchais, borrowed in turn from Byzantine Greek καρκάσιον (karkásion), a medieval variant of ταρκάσιον (tarkásion)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkaʃ/ [kaɾˈkaʃ]
• Rhymes: -aʃ

Noun

carcax m (plural carcaxes)

1. Archaic form of carcaj.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَلْخَال (ḵalḵāl), خَلْخَل (ḵalḵal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkax/ [kaɾˈkax]
  • Rhymes: -ax
• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkaʃ/ [kaɾˈkaʃ]
  • Rhymes: -aʃ

Noun

carcax m (plural carcaxes)

1. metal anklet, metal bracelet, metal armlet

   Synonym: ajorca

Further reading

• “carcax”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10