algodoncillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish algodoncillo.
Noun
algodoncillo
- Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alɡodonˈsiʝo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /alɡodonˈsiʎo/ [al.ɣ̞o.ð̞õnˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (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: al‧go‧don‧ci‧llo
Noun
algodoncillo m (plural algodoncillos)
Further reading
- “algodoncillo”, 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