villancico

English

Etymology

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌviːjanˈsiːkəʊ/, /ˌviːjanˈθiːkəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌviljənˈsikoʊ/, /ˌviljənˈθikoʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːkəʊ

Noun

villancico (plural villancicos)

1. (music, poetry) A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.

Translations

traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song

• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: villancet m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no equivalent exists) 聖誕頌歌／圣诞颂歌 (shèngdàn sònggē), 圣诞颂歌 (Shèngdàn sònggē, literally “Christmas carol”)

• Galician: vilancico m
• Italian: villancico m
• Japanese: ビリャンシーコ (biryanshīko)
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• Korean: 비얀시코 (biyansiko)
• Portuguese: vilancico m, vilhancico m, vilancete m
• Russian: вильянси́ко (ru) n (vilʹjansíko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: виљансико m

  Roman: villancico (sh) m

• Spanish: villancico (es) m

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Italian

Etymology

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.janˈsi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko

Noun

villancico m (plural villancicos or villancico)

1. (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)

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Spanish

Etymology

From villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biʝanˈθiko/ [bi.ʝãn̟ˈθi.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /biʝanˈθiko/ [bi.ʝãn̟ˈθi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /biʎanˈθiko/ [bi.ʎãn̟ˈθi.ko]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /biʝanˈsiko/ [bi.ʝãnˈsi.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /biʝanˈsiko/ [bi.ʝãnˈsi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /biʎanˈsiko/ [bi.ʎãnˈsi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biʃanˈsiko/ [bi.ʃãnˈsi.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biʒanˈsiko/ [bi.ʒãnˈsi.ko]

• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: vi‧llan‧ci‧co

Noun

villancico m (plural villancicos)

1. (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)
2. (by extension, music) Christmas carol

Descendants

• → English: villancico
• → Galician: vilancico
• → Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico