zarcillo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- çarcillo (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θaɾˈθiʝo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θaɾˈθiʎo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /saɾˈsiʝo/ [saɾˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /saɾˈsiʎo/ [saɾˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saɾˈsiʃo/ [saɾˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saɾˈsiʒo/ [saɾˈsi.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: zar‧ci‧llo
Noun
zarcillo m (plural zarcillos)
- (botany) tendril
- (Venezuela, Canary Islands) earring
Related terms
- círculo
- cerco
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1991), “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94
Further reading
- “zarcillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014