colmenilla

Spanish

Etymology

From colmena +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kolmeˈniʝa/ [kol.meˈni.ʝa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kolmeˈniʎa/ [kol.meˈni.ʎa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kolmeˈniʃa/ [kol.meˈni.ʃa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kolmeˈniʒa/ [kol.meˈni.ʒa]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

Syllabification: col‧me‧ni‧lla

Noun

colmenilla f (plural colmenillas)

morel (edible mushroom of the genus Morchella)
Synonyms: colmena, morilla, cagarria, múrgol

Further reading

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

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