cebollino

Spanish

Etymology

From cebolla +‎ -ino (diminutive suffix), from Latin cēpa, whence English chive.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeboˈʝino/ [θe.β̞oˈʝi.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeboˈʝino/ [θe.β̞oˈʝi.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeboˈʎino/ [θe.β̞oˈʎi.no]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seboˈʝino/ [se.β̞oˈʝi.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seboˈʝino/ [se.β̞oˈʝi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seboˈʎino/ [se.β̞oˈʎi.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seboˈʃino/ [se.β̞oˈʃi.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seboˈʒino/ [se.β̞oˈʒi.no]

• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ce‧bo‧lli‧no

Noun

cebollino m (plural cebollinos)

1. chive
2. spring onion

Further reading

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