canciller

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish chanciller, from Old French chancelier, from Late Latin cancellārius. The modern form probably results from the influence of the learned form cancelario, borrowed from the Latin directly.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kanθiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kanθiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʝeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kanθiˈʎeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʎeɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kansiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʝeɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kansiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʝeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /kansiˈʎeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʎeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kansiˈʃeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʃeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kansiˈʒeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʒeɾ]

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: can‧ci‧ller

Noun

canciller m (plural cancilleres, feminine canciller or cancillera, feminine plural cancilleres or cancilleras)

1. chancellor

Derived terms

• archicanciller
• vicecanciller (“vice-chancellor”)

 

Further reading

• “canciller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16