algodoncillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish algodoncillo.
Noun
algodoncillo
- Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
Spanish
Etymology
algodón + -cillo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /alɡodonˈθiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /alɡodonˈθiʎo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õn̟ˈθi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /alɡodonˈsiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /alɡodonˈsiʎo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alɡodonˈsiʃo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alɡodonˈsiʒo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: al‧go‧don‧ci‧llo
Noun
algodoncillo m (plural algodoncillos)
- algodoncillo
Further reading
- “algodoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014