hinojo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈnoxo/ [iˈno.xo]
• Rhymes: -oxo
• Syllabification: hi‧no‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish finojo, from Vulgar Latin *fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from a diminutive of Latin fēnum.

Noun

hinojo m (plural hinojos)

1. fennel

Derived terms

• hinojo marino

Related terms

• heno

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish ynojo, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Noun

hinojo m (plural hinojos)

1. (formal) knee (joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)

   Synonym: rodilla

Derived terms

• ahinojar
• hinojar

Further reading

• “hinojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024