sillín

Spanish

Etymology

From silla +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝin/ [siˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /siˈʝin/ [siˈʝĩn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /siˈʎin/ [siˈʎĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈʃin/ [siˈʃĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈʒin/ [siˈʒĩn]

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: si‧llín

Noun

sillín m (plural sillines)

1. saddle (of bicycle etc.)

Further reading

• “sillín”, 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
• “sillín” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.