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Etymology

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From Spanish villancico, from villano (peasant), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (villager).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌviːjanˈsiːkəʊ/, /ˌviːjanˈθiːkəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌviljənˈsikoʊ/, /ˌviljənˈθikoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -iːkəʊ

Noun

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villancico (plural villancicos)

  1. (music, poetry) A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
    • 2014, James Haar, editor, European Music, 1520–1640, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 447:
      The villancicos are strophic, but they tend not to extend to the many strophes of narration that were typical of the romance. A standard form for a villancico strophe is ABBA, in which the first A is called the estribillo (refrain), the Bs represent the statement of the music for the copla (stanza) twice (as copla and mudanza), and the return of the estribillo as the vuelta.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (peasant), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (villager).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vil.lanˈt͡ʃi.ko/, /vi.janˈsi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: vil‧lan‧cì‧co

Noun

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villancico m (invariable)

  1. (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)

Spanish

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Etymology

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From villano (peasant), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (villager).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /biʝanˈθiko/ [bi.ʝãn̟ˈθi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /biʎanˈθiko/ [bi.ʎãn̟ˈθi.ko]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /biʝanˈsiko/ [bi.ʝãnˈsi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biʎanˈsiko/ [bi.ʎãnˈsi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biʃanˈsiko/ [bi.ʃãnˈsi.ko]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biʒanˈsiko/ [bi.ʒãnˈsi.ko]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: vi‧llan‧ci‧co

Noun

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villancico m (plural villancicos)

  1. (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)
  2. (by extension, music) Christmas carol

Descendants

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  • English: villancico
  • Galician: vilancico
  • Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico

Further reading

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