monacillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• monaguillo

Etymology

From Old Spanish monaziello, from Late Latin monachellus, diminutive of monachus (“monk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /monaˈθiʝo/ [mo.naˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /monaˈθiʝo/ [mo.naˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /monaˈθiʎo/ [mo.naˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /monaˈsiʝo/ [mo.naˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /monaˈsiʝo/ [mo.naˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /monaˈsiʎo/ [mo.naˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /monaˈsiʃo/ [mo.naˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /monaˈsiʒo/ [mo.naˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: mo‧na‧ci‧llo

Noun

monacillo m (plural monacillos)

1. altar boy

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “monje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 128

Further reading

• “monacillo”, 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