organillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive, órgano +‎ -illo

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaˈniʝo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞aˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaˈniʝo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞aˈni.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaˈniʎo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞aˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaˈniʃo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞aˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡaˈniʒo/ [oɾ.ɣ̞aˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: or‧ga‧ni‧llo

Noun

organillo m (plural organillos)

1. street organ

Derived terms

• organillero

Further reading

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