vainilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bəjˈni.ʎə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəjˈni.ʎə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [vajˈni.ʎa]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Noun

vainilla f (plural vainilles)

  1. vanilla (plant or fruit)
  2. vanilla sex (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From vaina (“pod”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /baiˈniʝa/ [bai̯ˈni.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /baiˈniʎa/ [bai̯ˈni.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /baiˈniʃa/ [bai̯ˈni.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /baiˈniʒa/ [bai̯ˈni.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: vai‧ni‧lla

Noun

vainilla f (plural vainillas)

  1. vanilla (plant or fruit)
  2. vanilla sex (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. (Argentina) ladyfinger
    Synonyms: bizcocho de soletilla, bizcocho

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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