chicle

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃɪkəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtʃɪkəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chik′əl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
chic•le /ˈtʃɪkəl/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Plant Biologya gumlike substance obtained from tropical American trees, used chiefly in chewing gum. Also called ˈchic•le ˌgum.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
chic•le  (chik′əl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a gumlike substance obtained from the latex of certain tropical American trees, as the sapodilla, used chiefly in the manufacture of chewing gum. Also called chic′le gum′. 
  • Nahuatl tzictli
  • Mexican Spanish
  • 1860–65, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chicle /ˈtʃɪkəl/ n
  1. a gumlike substance obtained from the sapodilla; the main ingredient of chewing gum
Etymology: from Spanish, from Nahuatl chictli
'chicle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chewing gum - polyvinyl acetate - sapodilla - jelutong

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