raquis
Spanish, noun/ˈrakis/
raquis is spelled R-A-Q-U-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 70,879th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Raquis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rachis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Eje de la inflorescencia en espiga del trigo y otros cereales”.
What does raquis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerachis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eje de la inflorescencia en espiga del trigo y otros cereales. 2. Tallo o pecíolo principal al que los folíolos de una hoja compuesta se fijan, sobre todo en las palmas y helechos 3. Eje de la pluma de las aves 4. Conjunto de las vértebras articuladas que alojan la médula espinal en los vertebrados
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.
How do you pronounce raquis?
- /ˈrakis/
- [ˈra.kis]
- [ˈrakis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raquis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raquis in Spanish?
raquis appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).