chinchilla

See also: Chinchilla

English

Long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) (sense 1)

Chinchilla persian cat (sense 3)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

chinchilla (countable and uncountable, plural chinchillas)

1. (countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
   • 2004, Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession, page 3:

     It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
     Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.

   • 2008, Jeff Wyatt, “Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals”, in Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas, editors, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, page 469:

     Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents^[sic] of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.

   • 2009, Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry, page 125:

     Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998).

2. (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
3. A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.

Derived terms

• Bolivian chinchilla
• Burmilla
• Chilean chinchilla
• chin
• chinchillada
• chinchillalike
• chinchilla rat
• chinchilla wattle
• chinny
• coastal chinchilla
• common chinchilla
• long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
• Peruvian chinchilla
• rat chinchilla
• royal chinchilla
• short-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla, syn. Chinchilla brevicaudata)

Translations

rodent

• Afrikaans: chinchilla
• Bulgarian: чинчила f (činčila)
• Catalan: xinxilla f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛絲鼠 / 毛丝鼠 (zh) (máosīshǔ), 絨鼠 / 绒鼠 (zh) (róngshǔ), 龍貓 / 龙猫 (zh) (lóngmāo), 栗鼠 (zh) (lìshǔ)

• Czech: činčila (cs) f
• Danish: chinchilla
• Dutch: chinchilla (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: ĉinĉilo, ĉinĉilino (female)
• Finnish: sinsilla (fi), tsintsilla, chinchilla (fi)
• French: chinchilla (fr) m
• Galician: chinchilla f
• German: Chinchilla (de) f
• Greek: τσιντσιλά (el) (tsintsilá)
• Hungarian: csincsilla (hu)
• Italian: cincillà (it) m
• Japanese: チンチラ (ja) (chinchira)
• Kazakh: шиншилла (şinşilla)
• Malay: cincila
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: chinchilla m

  Nynorsk: chinchilla m

• Polish: szynszyla (pl) f
• Portuguese: chinchila m or f
• Quechua: chinchilla
• Romanian: șinșilă (ro) f, cincila (ro) f
• Russian: шинши́лла (ru) f (šinšílla)
• Spanish: chinchilla (es) f
• Swedish: chinchilla (sv) c

fur

• Afrikaans: chinchillabont
• Dutch: chinchilla (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉinĉilaĵo
• Finnish: tsintsilla
• French: chinchilla (fr)
• German: Chinchilla (de) n
• Hungarian: csincsilla (hu)
• Italian: cincillà (it) m
• Russian: шинши́лла (ru) f (šinšílla)

See also

• viscacha

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

chinchilla (singular definite chinchillaen, plural indefinite chinchillaer)

1. chinchilla

Inflection

Declension of chinchilla

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	chinchilla	chinchillaen	chinchillaer	chinchillaerne
genitive	chinchillas	chinchillaens	chinchillaers	chinchillaernes

References

• “chinchilla” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʃɪnˈtʃɪ.laː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: chin‧chil‧la

Noun

chinchilla f (plural chinchilla's, diminutive chinchillaatje n)

1. chinchilla, rodent of the genus Chinchilla
2. lesser chinchilla, long-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera

Noun

chinchilla n (uncountable)

1. chinchilla fur

Finnish

Alternative forms

• sinsilla
• tsintsilla

Etymology

From Spanish chinchilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃintʃil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃin̪.t̪ʃil(ː)ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsintsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈts̠in.ts̠il(ː)ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsinsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈs̠ins̠il(ː)ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -intʃilɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): chin‧chil‧la

Noun

chinchilla

1. chinchilla

Declension

Inflection of chinchilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		chinchilla	chinchillat
genitive		chinchillan	chinchillojen
partitive		chinchillaa	chinchilloja
illative		chinchillaan	chinchilloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		chinchilla	chinchillat
accusative	nom.	chinchilla	chinchillat
	gen.	chinchillan
genitive		chinchillan	chinchillojen chinchillain rare
partitive		chinchillaa	chinchilloja
inessive		chinchillassa	chinchilloissa
elative		chinchillasta	chinchilloista
illative		chinchillaan	chinchilloihin
adessive		chinchillalla	chinchilloilla
ablative		chinchillalta	chinchilloilta
allative		chinchillalle	chinchilloille
essive		chinchillana	chinchilloina
translative		chinchillaksi	chinchilloiksi
abessive		chinchillatta	chinchilloitta
instructive		—	chinchilloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of chinchilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative chinchillani chinchillani accusative nom. chinchillani chinchillani gen. chinchillani genitive chinchillani chinchillojeni chinchillaini rare partitive chinchillaani chinchillojani inessive chinchillassani chinchilloissani elative chinchillastani chinchilloistani illative chinchillaani chinchilloihini adessive chinchillallani chinchilloillani ablative chinchillaltani chinchilloiltani allative chinchillalleni chinchilloilleni essive chinchillanani chinchilloinani translative chinchillakseni chinchilloikseni abessive chinchillattani chinchilloittani instructive — — comitative — chinchilloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative chinchillasi chinchillasi accusative nom. chinchillasi chinchillasi gen. chinchillasi genitive chinchillasi chinchillojesi chinchillaisi rare partitive chinchillaasi chinchillojasi inessive chinchillassasi chinchilloissasi elative chinchillastasi chinchilloistasi illative chinchillaasi chinchilloihisi adessive chinchillallasi chinchilloillasi ablative chinchillaltasi chinchilloiltasi allative chinchillallesi chinchilloillesi essive chinchillanasi chinchilloinasi translative chinchillaksesi chinchilloiksesi abessive chinchillattasi chinchilloittasi instructive — — comitative — chinchilloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative chinchillamme chinchillamme accusative nom. chinchillamme chinchillamme gen. chinchillamme genitive chinchillamme chinchillojemme chinchillaimme rare partitive chinchillaamme chinchillojamme inessive chinchillassamme chinchilloissamme elative chinchillastamme chinchilloistamme illative chinchillaamme chinchilloihimme adessive chinchillallamme chinchilloillamme ablative chinchillaltamme chinchilloiltamme allative chinchillallemme chinchilloillemme essive chinchillanamme chinchilloinamme translative chinchillaksemme chinchilloiksemme abessive chinchillattamme chinchilloittamme instructive — — comitative — chinchilloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative chinchillanne chinchillanne accusative nom. chinchillanne chinchillanne gen. chinchillanne genitive chinchillanne chinchillojenne chinchillainne rare partitive chinchillaanne chinchillojanne inessive chinchillassanne chinchilloissanne elative chinchillastanne chinchilloistanne illative chinchillaanne chinchilloihinne adessive chinchillallanne chinchilloillanne ablative chinchillaltanne chinchilloiltanne allative chinchillallenne chinchilloillenne essive chinchillananne chinchilloinanne translative chinchillaksenne chinchilloiksenne abessive chinchillattanne chinchilloittanne instructive — — comitative — chinchilloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative chinchillansa chinchillansa accusative nom. chinchillansa chinchillansa gen. chinchillansa genitive chinchillansa chinchillojensa chinchillainsa rare partitive chinchillaansa chinchillojaan chinchillojansa inessive chinchillassaan chinchillassansa chinchilloissaan chinchilloissansa elative chinchillastaan chinchillastansa chinchilloistaan chinchilloistansa illative chinchillaansa chinchilloihinsa adessive chinchillallaan chinchillallansa chinchilloillaan chinchilloillansa ablative chinchillaltaan chinchillaltansa chinchilloiltaan chinchilloiltansa allative chinchillalleen chinchillallensa chinchilloilleen chinchilloillensa essive chinchillanaan chinchillanansa chinchilloinaan chinchilloinansa translative chinchillakseen chinchillaksensa chinchilloikseen chinchilloiksensa abessive chinchillattaan chinchillattansa chinchilloittaan chinchilloittansa instructive — — comitative — chinchilloineen chinchilloinensa

Further reading

• “chinchilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Aymara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̃.ʃi.la/

Noun

chinchilla m (plural chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)
2. (uncountable) chinchilla fur
3. chinchilla (cat)

Further reading

• “chinchilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer, definite plural chinchillaene)

1. a chinchilla

References

• “chinchilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “chinchilla” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

Noun

chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer or chinchillaar, definite plural chinchillaene or chinchillaane)

1. a chinchilla

References

• “chinchilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Aymara [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧lla

Noun

chinchilla f (plural chinchillas)

1. chinchilla

Derived terms

• chinchilla chilena
• chinchilla cordillerana
• chinchilla costera
• chinchilla de cola corta
• chinchilla de cola larga
• chinchilla del altiplano
• chinchilla menor
• chinchilla peruana
• chinchilla real

Further reading

• “chinchilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

chinchilla c

1. chinchilla

Declension

Declension of chinchilla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	chinchilla	chinchillas
	definite	chinchillan	chinchillans
plural	indefinite	chinchillor	chinchillors
	definite	chinchillorna	chinchillornas