Chinchilla

See also: chinchilla

Translingual

Chinchilla lanigera

Etymology

New Latin, from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.

Proper noun

Chinchilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – the chinchillas.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily; Chinchillidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chinchilla chinchilla (short-tailed chinchilla), Chinchilla lanigera (long-tailed chinchilla) (species)

References

• Chinchilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chinchilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chinchilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chinchilla in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Chinchilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chinchilla at the Catalogue of Life 
• Chinchilla at Encyclopedia of Life
• Chinchilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chinchilla at Paleobiology Database

English

Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Chinchilla. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

Proper noun

Chinchilla (plural Chinchillas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chinchilla is the 9165^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3561 individuals. Chinchilla is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chinchilla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɪnˈtʃɪla/

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Noun

Chinchilla f (genitive Chinchilla, plural Chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)

Declension

Declension of Chinchilla [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Chinchilla	die	Chinchillas
genitive	einer	der	Chinchilla	der	Chinchillas
dative	einer	der	Chinchilla	den	Chinchillas
accusative	eine	die	Chinchilla	die	Chinchillas

Noun

Chinchilla n (strong, genitive Chinchillas, plural Chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)
2. chinchilla rabbit (three separate breeds)
3. chinchilla (fur)

Declension

Declension of Chinchilla [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Chinchilla	die	Chinchillas
genitive	eines	des	Chinchillas	der	Chinchillas
dative	einem	dem	Chinchilla	den	Chinchillas
accusative	ein	das	Chinchilla	die	Chinchillas

Derived terms

• Chinchillakaninchen (“chinchilla rabbit”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

• 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]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (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

Proper noun

Chinchilla m or f by sense

1. a surname