cojín

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Catalan coxin~coixin (modern coixí), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnum (“cushion”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare French coussin, Italian cuscino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈxin/ [koˈxĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: co‧jín

Noun

cojín m (plural cojines)

1. cushion

   Synonym: almohadón

Derived terms

• cojín de aire

 

Further reading

• “cojín”, 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
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cojín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 129
• “coixí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.