sillín

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝin/ [siˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝin/ [siˈʝĩn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʎin/ [siˈʎĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʃin/ [siˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʒin/ [siˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: si‧llín

Noun

sillín m (plural sillines)

1. saddle (of bicycle etc.)

Further reading

• “sillín”, 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
• “sillín” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.