zarcillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

çarcillo (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θaɾˈθiʝo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θaɾˈθiʎo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʎo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /saɾˈsiʝo/ [saɾˈsi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /saɾˈsiʎo/ [saɾˈsi.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saɾˈsiʃo/ [saɾˈsi.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saɾˈsiʒo/ [saɾˈsi.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: zar‧ci‧llo

Noun

zarcillo m (plural zarcillos)

(botany) tendril
Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
(Venezuela, Canary Islands, obsolete in Philippines) earring

Related terms

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1991) “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94

Further reading

“zarcillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

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