mamoncillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mamoncillo.
Noun
mamoncillo (plural mamoncillos)
- Melicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
- The small, green, tangy, oval fruit of the mamoncillo tree.
Synonyms
- chenet, guaya, genip, ginep, ginnip, gnep, guinep, quenepa, limoncillo, Spanish lime
Translations
Meliococcus bijugatus
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Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mamonˈsiʝo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /mamonˈsiʎo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (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: ma‧mon‧ci‧llo
Noun
mamoncillo m (plural mamoncillos)
- the mamoncillo
Further reading
- “mamoncillo”, 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