colmenilla

Spanish

Etymology

From colmena +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kolmeˈniʝa/ [kol.meˈni.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kolmeˈniʎa/ [kol.meˈni.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kolmeˈniʃa/ [kol.meˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kolmeˈniʒa/ [kol.meˈni.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: col‧me‧ni‧lla

Noun

colmenilla f (plural colmenillas)

morel (edible mushroom of the genus Morchella)
Synonyms: colmena, morilla, cagarria, múrgol

Further reading

“colmenilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025