junquillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of junco (“reed, rush”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xunˈkiʝo/ [xũŋˈki.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /xunˈkiʎo/ [xũŋˈki.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xunˈkiʃo/ [xũŋˈki.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xunˈkiʒo/ [xũŋˈki.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: jun‧qui‧llo

Noun

junquillo m (plural junquillos)

(botany) jonquil

Descendants

→ Catalan: jonquillo
→ French: jonquille
- → English: jonquil
- → German: Jonquille
→ Italian: giunchiglia
→ Portuguese: junquilho

Further reading

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

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