vellosidad

Spanish

Etymology

From velloso +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beʝosiˈdad/ [be.ʝo.siˈð̞að̞]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beʝosiˈdad/ [be.ʝo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beʎosiˈdad/ [be.ʎo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beʃosiˈdad/ [be.ʃo.siˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beʒosiˈdad/ [be.ʒo.siˈð̞að̞]

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: ve‧llo‧si‧dad

Noun

vellosidad f (plural vellosidades)

1. hairiness

Derived terms

• microvellosidad

 

Related terms

• vello

 

Further reading

• “vellosidad”, 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