parhelio

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾeljo/ [paˈɾe.ljo]
• Rhymes: -eljo
• Syllabification: par‧he‧lio

Noun

parhelio m (plural parhelios)

1. sun dog, parhelion

Further reading

• “parhelio”, 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