hollín

See also: hollin

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish follín, from Vulgar Latin *fullīginem (compare the attested follīginem), from Latin fūlīginem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝin/ [oˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝin/ [oˈʝĩn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʎin/ [oˈʎĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʃin/ [oˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʒin/ [oˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ho‧llín

Noun

hollín m (plural hollines)

1. soot

   Synonyms: negrumo, tile

Derived terms

• deshollinador
• hollinoso

Further reading

• “hollín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10