argolla
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɡoʎa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʎa]
- Rhymes: -oʎa
- Syllabification: ar‧go‧lla
Noun
argolla f (plural argolles)
- ring
- baking ring (clarification of this definition is needed)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish argolla, from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull).
Pronunciation
Noun
argolla f (plural argolles)
- large ring, hoop
- iron collar
- napkin ring
- croquet
Derived terms
- argollar
Further reading
- “argolla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “argolla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “argolla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “argolla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull, “the ring, the collar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɡoʝa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɡoʎa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɡoʃa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aɾˈɡoʒa/ [aɾˈɣ̞o.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -oʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -oʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -oʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: ar‧go‧lla
Noun
argolla f (plural argollas)
- large ring, hoop
- staple
- (games) croquet
- ring
- ringlet
- (baseball) scoreless inning
- (colloquial, vulgar) vagina
Descendants
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “غُلٌّ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate. .
Further reading
- “argolla”, 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