manzanilla
See also: Manzanilla
English
Etymology
Probably named for the town near Seville.
Noun
manzanilla (countable and uncountable, plural manzanillas)
- A pale, dry fino sherry.
- A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.
- Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.
- 1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
- Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]
French
Noun
manzanilla m (plural manzanillas)
- manzanilla
Further reading
- “manzanilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
From manzana + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /manθaˈniʝa/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /manθaˈniʎa/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /mansaˈniʝa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /mansaˈniʎa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mansaˈniʃa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mansaˈniʒa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: man‧za‧ni‧lla
Noun
manzanilla f (plural manzanillas)
- camomile
- a type of wine from Cádiz, Andalucía
Derived terms
- manzanilla bastarda
- manzanilla común
- manzanilla de Castilla
- manzanilla europea
- manzanilla fina
- manzanilla hedionda
- manzanilla loca
- manzanilla romana
Further reading
- “manzanilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014