olivillo

Spanish

Etymology

From olivo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oliˈbiʝo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oliˈbiʝo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /oliˈbiʎo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oliˈbiʃo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oliˈbiʒo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: o‧li‧vi‧llo

Noun

olivillo m (plural olivillos)

1. any of a number of plants
   1. Phillyrea latifolia
   2. Aextoxicon punctatum
   3. Kageneckia angustifolia
   4. Kageneckia angustifolia

Further reading

• “olivillo”, 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