conejo

See also: Conejo and conéjo

Spanish

Conejo común o europeo (common or European rabbit).

Hombre enseñando su conejo (man showing his contracted biceps).

Etymology

From Old Spanish conejo, from Vulgar Latin cuniclus, syncopated form of Latin cunīculus originally "burrow", from Ancient Greek κύνικλος (kúniklos), of pre-Roman (probably Iberian) origin; compare Basque untxi (“rabbit”). Compare Galician coello, Portuguese coelho, Italian coniglio, and English cony.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈnexo/ [koˈne.xo]
Audio (Spain) (file)
Rhymes: -exo
Syllabification: co‧ne‧jo

Noun

conejo m (plural conejos, feminine coneja, feminine plural conejas)

rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex)
Synonym: ñeco
Hypernym: lagomorfo
Hyponym: gazapo
(Central America) detective
Synonym: detective
(Mexico, anatomy) a contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not)
(vulgar, slang) cunt (female genitalia)

Hyponyms

conejo de los volcanes
conejo europeo

Coordinate terms

liebre

Derived terms

conejar
conejero
conejillo de Indias
conejito
conejo de Angora
conejo pintado
diente de conejo

Descendants

→ Asturian: conexu
→ Cebuano: koneho
→ Galician: conexo
→ Papiamentu: koneu
→ Quechua: kunu
→ Tagalog: kuneho