patilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈti.ʎə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈti.ʎa]

Noun

patilla f (plural patilles)

sideburn
Synonyms: garrofa, polsera

Derived terms

patillut

Further reading

“patilla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Finnish

Noun

patilla

adessive singular of patti

Anagrams

pillata, tapilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈtiʝa/ [paˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /paˈtiʎa/ [paˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /paˈtiʃa/ [paˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /paˈtiʒa/ [paˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Audio (Colombia): (file)

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: pa‧ti‧lla

Etymology 1

From pata +‎ -illa.

Noun

patilla f (plural patillas)

diminutive of pata
sideburn
arm, sidepiece (of glasses)
Synonyms: pata, gafa, varilla

Derived terms

irse por la patilla

Descendants

→ Bikol Central: patilya
→ Catalan: patilla
→ Cebuano: patilya
→ Tagalog: patilya

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”). Cognate of French pastèque and Portuguese pateca.

Noun

patilla f (plural patillas)

(Colombia, Venezuela, Caribbean) watermelon
Synonyms: sandía, albudeca

Descendants

→ Ye'kwana: jatiya

Further reading

“patilla”, 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