terciopelo
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tercio (“third”) + pelo (“hair”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾθjoˈpelo/ [t̪eɾ.θjoˈpe.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teɾsjoˈpelo/ [t̪eɾ.sjoˈpe.lo]
Audio (Argentina): (file) - Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: ter‧cio‧pe‧lo
Noun
[edit]terciopelo m (countable and uncountable, plural terciopelos)
- velvet (closely woven fabric with a thick short pile on one side)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “terciopelo”, 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