tomillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *thymellus, diminutive of Latin thymus, from Ancient Greek θύμος (thúmos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʝo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʝo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʎo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʃo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /toˈmiʒo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, 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: to‧mi‧llo

Noun

tomillo m (plural tomillos)

1. thyme

Derived terms

• tomillo blanco
• tomillo español
• tomillo salsero

Descendants

• →? Catalan: tomello
• → Portuguese: tomilho

Further reading

• “tomillo”, 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