Etymology
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From cera (“wax”) + -illa. Compare Italian cerino (“wax match”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾiʝa/ [θeˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈɾiʝa/ [θeˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈɾiʎa/ [θeˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈɾiʝa/ [seˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈɾiʝa/ [seˈɾi.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /seˈɾiʎa/ [seˈɾi.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈɾiʃa/ [seˈɾi.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈɾiʒa/ [seˈɾi.ʒa]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ce‧ri‧lla
cerilla f (plural cerillas)
- match (firestarter)
- Synonyms: fósforo, (Mexico) cerillo, (regional, Spain) misto, (regional, Spain) mixto
- long, narrow candle; taper
- Synonym: cirio
- earwax
- Synonyms: cerumen, cera
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