monillo

Spanish

Etymology

From mono +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈniʝo/ [moˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈniʝo/ [moˈni.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moˈniʎo/ [moˈni.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈniʃo/ [moˈni.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈniʒo/ [moˈni.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: mo‧ni‧llo

Noun

monillo m (plural monillos)

1. diminutive of mono

Further reading

• “monillo”, 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