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): /kanθiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʝeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)

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

 

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

• IPA^(key): /kansiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʝeɾ] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kansiˈʎeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʎeɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /kansiˈʃeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʃeɾ] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /kansiˈʃeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʃeɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kansiˈʒeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʒeɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• 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), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025