coronilla

See also: Coronilla

English

Coronilla minima

Etymology

From New Latin coronilla, from Latin corona (“crown”) + Spanish -illa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹəˈnɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

coronilla (plural coronillas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Coronilla of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.
2. The lyreleaf greeneyes

Anagrams

• oroclinal

Latin

Etymology

From Spanish coronilla, from Latin corona (“crown”) + -illa. Coined by Tournefort.

Noun

coronilla f (genitive coronillae); first declension

1. (botany) coronilla (Coronilla)

Descendants

• English: coronilla
• French: coronille
• Translingual: Coronilla

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corona (“crown”) + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈniʝa/ [ko.ɾoˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈniʝa/ [ko.ɾoˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈniʎa/ [ko.ɾoˈni.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈniʃa/ [ko.ɾoˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈniʒa/ [ko.ɾoˈni.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /koɾoˈnia/ [ko.ɾoˈni.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: co‧ro‧ni‧lla

Noun

coronilla f (plural coronillas)

1. crown (of the head)
2. (botany) coronilla (Coronilla)
3. greeneyes (Berlandiera)
4. brushholly (Xylosma flexuosa)

Derived terms

• andar de coronilla
• bailar de coronilla
• coronilla de rey
• dar de coronilla
• estar hasta la coronilla

Descendants

• Latin: coronilla

Further reading

• “coronilla”, 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