molinillo
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish molinillo.
Noun
[edit]molinillo (plural molinillos)
- A traditional Mexican wood whisk that is twirled between the palms in order to stir hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cacao.
Further reading
[edit]- molinillo (whisk) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From molino (“mill”) + -illo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moliˈniʝo/ [mo.liˈni.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moliˈniʎo/ [mo.liˈni.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moliˈniʃo/ [mo.liˈni.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moliˈniʒo/ [mo.liˈni.ʒo]
- Syllabification: mo‧li‧ni‧llo
Noun
[edit]molinillo m (plural molinillos)
- molinillo (traditional Mexican wood whisk)
- (Mexico, Spain, South America) pepper mill
- Synonym: pimentero
- grinder
- Synonym: amoladora
- pinwheel
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “molinillo”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo/4 syllables
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- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
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