jeringa

• xeringa (pre-1815)

• IPA^(key): /xeˈɾinɡa/ [xeˈɾĩŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -inɡa
• Syllabification: je‧rin‧ga

From Medieval Latin syringa, based on Latin syrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube”) (genitive singular σῦριγγος (sûringos). The initial consonant must have passed from /s/ to /ʃ/, a sporadic sound change in Old Spanish (compare jabón).

jeringa f (plural jeringas)

1. syringe

   Synonym: jeringuilla

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

jeringa

1. inflection of jeringar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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