Chinchilla
See also: chinchilla
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Spanish chinchilla, from Quechua or Aymara.
Proper noun
Chinchilla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chinchillidae – the chinchillas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Chinchilloidea – superfamily; Chinchillidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chinchilla chinchilla (short-tailed chinchilla), Chinchilla lanigera (long-tailed chinchilla) (species)
References
- Chinchilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chinchilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chinchilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chinchilla in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Chinchilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chinchilla at the Catalogue of Life
- Chinchilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chinchilla at Paleobiology Database
English
Etymology
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Chinchilla. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.
Proper noun
Chinchilla (plural Chinchillas)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Chinchilla is the 9165th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3561 individuals. Chinchilla is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.98%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chinchilla”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃɪnˈtʃɪla/
Audio: (file)
Noun
Chinchilla f (genitive Chinchilla, plural Chinchillas)
- chinchilla (rodent)
Declension
Declension of Chinchilla [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Chinchilla | die | Chinchillas |
| genitive | einer | der | Chinchilla | der | Chinchillas |
| dative | einer | der | Chinchilla | den | Chinchillas |
| accusative | eine | die | Chinchilla | die | Chinchillas |
Noun
Chinchilla n (strong, genitive Chinchillas, plural Chinchillas)
- chinchilla (rodent)
- chinchilla rabbit (three separate breeds)
- chinchilla (fur)
Declension
Declension of Chinchilla [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Chinchilla | die | Chinchillas |
| genitive | eines | des | Chinchillas | der | Chinchillas |
| dative | einem | dem | Chinchilla | den | Chinchillas |
| accusative | ein | das | Chinchilla | die | Chinchillas |
Derived terms
- Chinchillakaninchen (“chinchilla rabbit”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʝa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʎa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʃa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃinˈt͡ʃiʒa/ [t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (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: Chin‧chi‧lla
Proper noun
Chinchilla m or f by sense
- a surname