roncón

Galician

A Galician gaita ("bagpipe")

Etymology

From roncar (“to snore”) + -ón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roŋˈkoŋ/

Noun

roncón m (plural roncóns)

1. drone (of bagpipes)

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “roncon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roncón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roncón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ronˈkon/ [rõŋˈkõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ron‧cón

Noun

roncón m (plural roncones)

1. drone (of bagpipes)

Further reading

• “roncón”, 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