chinchilla
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun
chinchilla (countable and uncountable, plural chinchillas)
- (countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- 2004, Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession, page 3,
- It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
- Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.
- 2008, Jeff Wyatt, Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals, Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas (editors), Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, page 469,
- Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents[sic] of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.
- 2009, Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry, page 125,
- Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998).
- 2004, Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession, page 3,
- (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
- A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.
Derived terms
- Bolivian chinchilla
- Chilean chinchilla
- chinchilla rat
- chinchilla wattle
- coastal chinchilla
- common chinchilla
- long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
- Peruvian chinchilla
- royal chinchilla
- short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla, syn. Chinchilla brevicaudata)
Translations
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See also
- viscacha
Danish
Noun
chinchilla (singular definite chinchillaen, plural indefinite chinchillaer)
- chinchilla
References
- “chinchilla” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtʃɪnˈtʃɪ.laː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: chin‧chil‧la
Noun
chinchilla f (plural chinchilla's, diminutive chinchillaatje n)
- chinchilla, rodent of the genus Chinchilla
- lesser chinchilla, long-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera
Noun
chinchilla n (uncountable)
- chinchilla fur
Finnish
Alternative forms
- sinsilla
- tsintsilla
Etymology
From Spanish chinchilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃintʃil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃin̪t̪ʃil(ː)ɑ]
- IPA(key): /ˈtsintsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈts̠ints̠il(ː)ɑ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsinsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈs̠ins̠il(ː)ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ilːɑ
- Syllabification(key): chin‧chil‧la
Noun
chinchilla
- chinchilla
Declension
Inflection of chinchilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | chinchilla | chinchillat | |
genitive | chinchillan | chinchillojen | |
partitive | chinchillaa | chinchilloja | |
illative | chinchillaan | chinchilloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | chinchilla | chinchillat | |
accusative | nom. | chinchilla | chinchillat |
gen. | chinchillan | ||
genitive | chinchillan | chinchillojen chinchillainrare | |
partitive | chinchillaa | chinchilloja | |
inessive | chinchillassa | chinchilloissa | |
elative | chinchillasta | chinchilloista | |
illative | chinchillaan | chinchilloihin | |
adessive | chinchillalla | chinchilloilla | |
ablative | chinchillalta | chinchilloilta | |
allative | chinchillalle | chinchilloille | |
essive | chinchillana | chinchilloina | |
translative | chinchillaksi | chinchilloiksi | |
instructive | — | chinchilloin | |
abessive | chinchillatta | chinchilloitta | |
comitative | — | chinchilloineen |
Possessive forms of chinchilla (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | chinchillani | chinchillamme |
2nd person | chinchillasi | chinchillanne |
3rd person | chinchillansa |
French
Etymology
From Spanish, from Aymara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛ̃.ʃi.la/
Noun
chinchilla m (plural chinchillas)
- chinchilla (rodent)
- (uncountable) chinchilla fur
- chinchilla (cat)
Further reading
- “chinchilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.
Noun
chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer, definite plural chinchillaene)
- a chinchilla
References
- “chinchilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “chinchilla” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.
Noun
chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer or chinchillaar, definite plural chinchillaene or chinchillaane)
- a chinchilla
References
- “chinchilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Aymara [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.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: chin‧chi‧lla
Noun
chinchilla f (plural chinchillas)
- chinchilla
Derived terms
- chinchilla chilena
- chinchilla cordillerana
- chinchilla costera
- chinchilla de cola corta
- chinchilla de cola larga
- chinchilla del altiplano
- chinchilla menor
- chinchilla peruana
- chinchilla real
Further reading
- “chinchilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
chinchilla c
- chinchilla
Declension
Declension of chinchilla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | chinchilla | chinchillan | chinchillor | chinchillorna |
Genitive | chinchillas | chinchillans | chinchillors | chinchillornas |