canilla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *canīlia, collective based on Latin canis (“a dog”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

canilla f (plural canilles)

1. a pack of hunting dogs

Hypernyms

• gossada

Meronyms

• gos de caça
• rastrejador

Related terms

• ca

Further reading

• “canilla”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“cane”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈniʝa/ [kaˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈniʝa/ [kaˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈniʎa/ [kaˈni.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈniʃa/ [kaˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈniʒa/ [kaˈni.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧ni‧lla

Noun

canilla f (plural canillas)

1. (Rioplatense, Bolivia, Mexico, Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, Paraguay) faucet

   Synonym: grifo

2. (colloquial, Mexico, South America, Cuba) shin

   Synonyms: espinilla, tibia

3. (Mexico) physical strength
4. (Venezuela) baguette (bread)
5. (Sinaloa) leg
6. (anatomy, less common) ulna, radius

Further reading

• “canilla”, 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