sonecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From son (“tone”) +‎ -ecillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /soneˈθiʝo/ [so.neˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /soneˈθiʝo/ [so.neˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /soneˈθiʎo/ [so.neˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /soneˈsiʝo/ [so.neˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /soneˈsiʝo/ [so.neˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /soneˈsiʎo/ [so.neˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /soneˈsiʃo/ [so.neˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /soneˈsiʒo/ [so.neˈsi.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: so‧ne‧ci‧llo

Noun

sonecillo m (plural sonecillos)

1. uplifting tone
2. weak tone

Further reading

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