cirio
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”).
Noun edit
cirio m (plural cirios)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”) (compare French cierge, Italian cero, Portuguese círio), from cēra (“wax”). Doublet of céreo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾjo/ [ˈθi.ɾjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiɾjo/ [ˈsi.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -iɾjo
- Syllabification: ci‧rio
- Homophone: (Latin America) sirio
Noun edit
cirio m (plural cirios)
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Further reading edit
- “cirio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014