monillo

Spanish

Etymology

From mono +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈniʝo/ [moˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /moˈniʝo/ [moˈni.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /moˈniʎo/ [moˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /moˈniʃo/ [moˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /moˈniʒo/ [moˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: mo‧ni‧llo

Noun

monillo m (plural monillos)

1. diminutive of mono

Further reading

• “monillo”, 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