zarcillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • çarcillo (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /θaɾˈθiʝo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /θaɾˈθiʎo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)
 
 
  • IPA(key): /saɾˈsiʃo/ [saɾˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /saɾˈsiʒo/ [saɾˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: zar‧ci‧llo

Noun

zarcillo m (plural zarcillos)

  1. (botany) tendril
  2. Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
  3. (Venezuela, Canary Islands, Andalusia, obsolete in Philippines) earring

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