cochinilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kot͡ʃiˈniʝa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kot͡ʃiˈniʎa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kot͡ʃiˈniʃa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kot͡ʃiˈniʒa/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (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: co‧chi‧ni‧lla

Etymology 1

Diminutive form of cochina, feminine form of cochino (“pig”), because of the animal's shape.

Noun

cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)

1. pill bug (especially Armadillidium vulgare)

Derived terms

• cochinilla de humedad

 

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly based on Latin coccinus (“scarlet”), or related to the above etymology.

Noun

cochinilla f (plural cochinillas)

1. cochineal (animal and dye)

   Synonym: grana

Derived terms

• nopal de cochinilla

 

Descendants

• → Italian: cocciniglia
• → Catalan: cotxinilla

Further reading

• “cochinilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014