ajimez

English

Etymology

From Spanish ajimez.

Noun

ajimez (plural ajimezes or ajimeces)

1. (architecture) A bifora, in Spanish Moorish architecture.

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الشَّمِيس (aš-šamís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /axiˈmeθ/ [a.xiˈmeθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /axiˈmes/ [a.xiˈmes]
• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: a‧ji‧mez

Noun

ajimez m (plural ajimeces)

1. bifora; mullioned window

Further reading

• “ajimez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16