zampoña
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish çanpoña, from Latin symphōnia. Doublet of sinfonía and zanfonía.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θamˈpoɲa/ [θãmˈpo.ɲa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /samˈpoɲa/ [sãmˈpo.ɲa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oɲa
- Syllabification: zam‧po‧ña
Noun
zampoña f (plural zampoñas)
References
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “leña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 64
Further reading
- “zampoña”, 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