armella

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin armilla (“bracelet, metal hoop”)[1], from armus. The variant form armila was a borrowing[2].

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾˈmeʝa/ [aɾˈme.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /aɾˈmeʎa/ [aɾˈme.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾˈmeʃa/ [aɾˈme.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾˈmeʒa/ [aɾˈme.ʒa]

Noun

armella f (plural armellas)

  1. eyebolt
  2. (dated) a bracelet

References

  1. ^ “armilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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