raicilla

Spanish

Etymology

From raíz +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /raiˈθiʝa/ [rai̯ˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /raiˈθiʝa/ [rai̯ˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /raiˈθiʎa/ [rai̯ˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /raiˈsiʝa/ [rai̯ˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /raiˈsiʝa/ [rai̯ˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /raiˈsiʎa/ [rai̯ˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /raiˈsiʃa/ [rai̯ˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /raiˈsiʒa/ [rai̯ˈsi.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: rai‧ci‧lla

Noun

raicilla f (plural raicillas)

1. rootlet

Further reading

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