colihue
Spanish, noun/koˈliwe/
colihue is spelled C-O-L-I-H-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colihue is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of coligüe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Chusquea culeou) Gramínea bambusácea, de cañas rectas sin ramificaciones, de dos a ocho metros de altura.…”.
What does colihue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of coligüe
- 2
masculineslanggay (homosexual man)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Chusquea culeou) Gramínea bambusácea, de cañas rectas sin ramificaciones, de dos a ocho metros de altura. Las hojas verdes, delgadas, con bordes cortantes, nacen de los nudos. En Chile se halla desde Talca hasta Aysén. 2. El culmo (tallo) leñoso del colihue₁ de variados usos en agricultura, construcción, mueblería artesanal y en la minería.
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 colihue
- colihues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colihue?
- /koˈliwe/
- [koˈli.we]
- [koˈliwe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colihue in Spanish?
colihue appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).