algodoncillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish algodoncillo.

Noun

algodoncillo

1. Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.

Spanish

Etymology

From algodón +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alɡodonˈθiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /alɡodonˈθiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /alɡodonˈθiʎo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õn̟ˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /alɡodonˈsiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /alɡodonˈsiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /alɡodonˈsiʎo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alɡodonˈsiʃo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alɡodonˈsiʒo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (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: al‧go‧don‧ci‧llo

Noun

algodoncillo m (plural algodoncillos)

1. algodoncillo

Further reading

• “algodoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014