piloncillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish piloncillo.
Noun
piloncillo (uncountable)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pilonˈθiʝo/ [pi.lõn̟ˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /pilonˈθiʎo/ [pi.lõn̟ˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /pilonˈsiʝo/ [pi.lõnˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /pilonˈsiʎo/ [pi.lõnˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- 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: pi‧lon‧ci‧llo
Noun
piloncillo m (plural piloncillos)
Descendants
- → English: piloncillo
Further reading
- “piloncillo”, 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