junquillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of junco (“reed, rush”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xunˈkiʝo/ [xũŋˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /xunˈkiʎo/ [xũŋˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /xunˈkiʃo/ [xũŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /xunˈkiʒo/ [xũŋˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, 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: jun‧qui‧llo

Noun

junquillo m (plural junquillos)

(botany) jonquil

Descendants

→ Catalan: jonquillo
→ French: jonquille
- → English: jonquil
- → German: Jonquille
→ Italian: giunchiglia
→ Portuguese: junquilho

Further reading

“junquillo”, 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