trillizo

Spanish

Etymology

From tri- +‎ mellizo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʝiθo/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.θo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʎiθo/ [t̪ɾiˈʎi.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʝiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʎiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʎi.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʃiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʃi.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʒiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʒi.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: tri‧lli‧zo

Adjective

trillizo (feminine trilliza, masculine plural trillizos, feminine plural trillizas)

triplet; in a group of three

Noun

trillizo m (plural trillizos)

triplet
Synonym: triate (Mexico)

Further reading

“trillizo”, 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