hollín
See also: hollin
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish follín, from Vulgar Latin *fullīginem (compare the attested follīginem), from Latin fūlīginem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈʝin/ [oˈʝĩn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /oˈʎin/ [oˈʎĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /oˈʃin/ [oˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /oˈʒin/ [oˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: ho‧llín
Noun
hollín m (plural hollines)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hollín”, 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