celdilla

Spanish

Etymology

From celda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θelˈdiʝa/ [θel̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θelˈdiʝa/ [θel̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θelˈdiʎa/ [θel̪ˈd̪i.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /selˈdiʝa/ [sel̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /selˈdiʝa/ [sel̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /selˈdiʎa/ [sel̪ˈd̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /selˈdiʃa/ [sel̪ˈd̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /selˈdiʒa/ [sel̪ˈd̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: cel‧di‧lla

Noun

celdilla f (plural celdillas)

1. cell; cavity in a structure such as a honeycomb

Further reading

• “celdilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28