ruiseñor
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *rusciniolus, from Vulgar Latin lusciniola, diminutive of Latin luscinia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rwiseˈɲoɾ/ [rwi.seˈɲoɾ]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: rui‧se‧ñor
Noun
ruiseñor m (plural ruiseñores)
- nightingale
- mockingbird
Derived terms
- ruiseñor bastardo
Further reading
- “ruiseñor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014