manzanilla

See also: Manzanilla

English

Etymology

Probably named for the town near Seville.

Noun

manzanilla (countable and uncountable, plural manzanillas)

1. A pale, dry fino sherry.
2. A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.

   Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.

   • 1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)

     Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]

French

Noun

manzanilla m (plural manzanillas)

1. manzanilla

Further reading

• “manzanilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

From manzana +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /manθaˈniʝa/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /manθaˈniʝa/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /manθaˈniʎa/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mansaˈniʝa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /mansaˈniʝa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /mansaˈniʎa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mansaˈniʃa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mansaˈniʒa/ [mãn.saˈni.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: man‧za‧ni‧lla

Noun

manzanilla f (plural manzanillas)

1. camomile
2. a type of wine from Cádiz, Andalucía

Derived terms

• manzanilla bastarda
• manzanilla común
• manzanilla de Castilla
• manzanilla de la muerte
• manzanilla europea
• manzanilla fina
• manzanilla hedionda
• manzanilla loca
• manzanilla real
• manzanilla romana

 

Further reading

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