campanilla

See also: Campanilla

Spanish

Etymology

From campana +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kampaˈniʝa/ [kãm.paˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kampaˈniʝa/ [kãm.paˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kampaˈniʎa/ [kãm.paˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kampaˈniʃa/ [kãm.paˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kampaˈniʒa/ [kãm.paˈni.ʒa]

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• 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: cam‧pa‧ni‧lla

Noun

campanilla f (plural campanillas)

1. small bell, handbell
2. bubble

   Synonym: burbuja

3. (anatomy) uvula

   Synonym: úvula

4. (botany) Rutland beauty (Calystegia sepium)

   Synonyms: campanilla blanca, campanilla de los cercados, correhuela de cercas, correhuela mayor, hiedra campana, hierba lechera, voluble mayor

Derived terms

• campanilla china
• campanilla morada

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kampanilya
• → Tagalog: kampanilya

Further reading

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