tomillo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toˈmiʝo/ [t̪oˈmi.ʝo] (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 (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)

thyme

Derived terms

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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024