argolla

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʎa/ [aɾˈɡo.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -oʎa
• Syllabification: ar‧go‧lla

Noun

argolla f (plural argolles)

1. ring
2. baking ring (clarification of this definition is needed (note: was capitalized as "Baking ring").)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish argolla, from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈɡo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈɣo.ʎa]

Noun

argolla f (plural argolles)

1. large ring, hoop
2. iron collar
3. napkin ring
4. croquet

Derived terms

• argollar

Further reading

• “argolla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “argolla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “argolla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “argolla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull, “the ring, the collar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʝa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʝa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʎa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʃa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡoʒa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ar‧go‧lla

Noun

argolla f (plural argollas)

1. large ring, hoop
2. staple
3. (games) croquet
4. ring
5. ringlet
6. (baseball) scoreless inning
7. (colloquial, vulgar) vagina

Descendants

• → Sicilian: ragogghia, ravogghia
• → Tagalog: argolya, arigolya

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate..

Further reading

• “argolla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025