zarcillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

çarcillo (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θaɾˈθiʝo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θaɾˈθiʎo/ [θaɾˈθi.ʎo]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /saɾˈsiʝo/ [saɾˈsi.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /saɾˈsiʎo/ [saɾˈsi.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /saɾˈsiʃo/ [saɾˈsi.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /saɾˈsiʒo/ [saɾˈsi.ʒo]

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

Syllabification: zar‧ci‧llo

Noun

zarcillo m (plural zarcillos)

(botany) tendril
(Venezuela, Canary Islands) earring

Related terms

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1991), “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94

Further reading

“zarcillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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