chinchilla

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə

chinchilla (countable and uncountable, plural chinchillas)

1. (countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
   • 2004, Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession, page 3:

     It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
     Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.

   • 2008, Jeff Wyatt, “Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals”, in Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas, editors, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, page 469:

     Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents^[sic] of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.

   • 2009, Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry, page 125:

     Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998).

2. (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
3. A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.

• viscacha

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

chinchilla (singular definite chinchillaen, plural indefinite chinchillaer)

1. chinchilla

• “chinchilla” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʃɪnˈtʃɪ.laː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: chin‧chil‧la

chinchilla f (plural chinchilla's, diminutive chinchillaatje n)

1. chinchilla, rodent of the genus Chinchilla
2. lesser chinchilla, long-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera

chinchilla n (uncountable)

1. chinchilla fur

• sinsilla
• tsintsilla

From Spanish chinchilla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃintʃil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃin̪.t̪ʃil(ː)ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsintsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈts̠in.ts̠il(ː)ɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsinsil(ː)ɑ/, [ˈs̠ins̠il(ː)ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -intʃilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): chin‧chil‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): chin‧chil‧la

chinchilla

1. chinchilla

• “chinchilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Borrowed from Spanish, from Aymara.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̃.ʃi.la/

chinchilla m (plural chinchillas)

1. chinchilla (rodent)
2. (uncountable) chinchilla fur
3. chinchilla (cat)

• “chinchilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer, definite plural chinchillaene)

1. a chinchilla

• “chinchilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “chinchilla” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.

chinchilla m (definite singular chinchillaen, indefinite plural chinchillaer or chinchillaar, definite plural chinchillaene or chinchillaane)

1. a chinchilla

• “chinchilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Aymara [Term?].

• Syllabification: chin‧chi‧lla

chinchilla f (plural chinchillas)

1. chinchilla

• “chinchilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

chinchilla c

2. chinchilla (animal)
3. chinchilla (fur)
4. Chinchilla (rabbit breed)
5. chinchilla (variety of Persian cat)

• chinchilla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• chinchilla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• chinchilla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)