molinillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish molinillo.
Noun
molinillo (plural molinillos)
- A traditional Mexican wood whisk that is twirled between the palms in order to stir hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cacao.
Further reading
- molinillo (whisk) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Etymology
From molino (“mill”) + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moliˈniʝo/ [mo.liˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /moliˈniʎo/ [mo.liˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /moliˈniʃo/ [mo.liˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /moliˈniʒo/ [mo.liˈni.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: mo‧li‧ni‧llo
Noun
molinillo m (plural molinillos)
- molinillo (traditional Mexican wood whisk)
- (Mexico, Spain, South America) pepper mill
- Synonym: pimentero
- grinder
- Synonym: amoladora
- pinwheel
Derived terms
Further reading
- “molinillo”, 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