membrillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Portuguese marmelo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /memˈbɾiʝo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /memˈbɾiʝo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /memˈbɾiʎo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /memˈbɾiʃo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /memˈbɾiʒo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: mem‧bri‧llo

Noun

membrillo m (plural membrillos)

1. quince (fruit)
2. quince (tree)

   Synonym: membrillero

Derived terms

• carne de membrillo
• dulce de membrillo

 

Further reading

• “membrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014