canciller

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish chanciller, from Old French chancelier, from Late Latin cancellārius. The modern form probably results from the influence of the learned form cancelario, borrowed from the Latin directly.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kanθiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʝeɾ]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kanθiˈʎeɾ/ [kãn̟.θiˈʎeɾ]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kansiˈʝeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʝeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /kansiˈʎeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʎeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kansiˈʃeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʃeɾ]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kansiˈʒeɾ/ [kãn.siˈʒeɾ]

Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: can‧ci‧ller

Noun

canciller m (plural cancilleres, feminine canciller or cancillera, feminine plural cancilleres or cancilleras)

chancellor

Derived terms

archicanciller
vicecanciller (“vice-chancellor”)

Further reading

“canciller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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