Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh ‎(“mockingbird”, literally “possessor of four hundred words”), from centzontli ‎(“four hundred, a count of four hundred”) + tlahtōlli ‎(“language, word, statement”) + -eh ‎(“possessor of”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θen.ˈθon.t(l)e/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /sen.ˈson.tɬe/