sobrepelliz

Spanish

Etymology

Partial calque of Medieval Latin superpellīcium (compare Old French surpeliz), from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sobɾepeˈʝiθ/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʝiθ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /sobɾepeˈʝiθ/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʝiθ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /sobɾepeˈʎiθ/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʎiθ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sobɾepeˈʝis/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʝis]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sobɾepeˈʝis/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʝis]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /sobɾepeˈʎis/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʎis]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sobɾepeˈʃis/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʃis]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sobɾepeˈʒis/ [so.β̞ɾe.peˈʒis]

• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: so‧bre‧pe‧lliz

Noun

sobrepelliz f (plural sobrepellices)

1. surplice

Further reading

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