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almez

Spanish, noun/alˈmeθ/

almez is spelled A-L-M-E-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almez is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hackberry (Celtis spp.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Celtis australis) Árbol tradicionalmente incluida en la familia de las ulmáceas (Ulmaceae), aunque en la…”.

What does almez mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehackberry (Celtis spp.)

  2. 2

    masculineMediterranean hackberry (Celtis australis L.)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Celtis australis) Árbol tradicionalmente incluida en la familia de las ulmáceas (Ulmaceae), aunque en la actualidad se incluye dentro de las cannabáceas, una familia próxima. Lodón proviene del cruce del latín lotus y unĕdo con -ōnis (mirra). Nombre que recibía el loto. Es por ello, que posiblemente se trate del árbol al que los clásicos (Heródoto, Dioscórides o Teofrasto) llamaron Loto. 2. Madera del árbol almez(1).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of almez

  • almeces plural
  • almezo alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce almez?

  • /alˈmeθ/
  • [alˈmeθ]
  • /alˈmes/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to almez

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is almez in Spanish?

almez appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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