virgulilla

Spanish

Etymology

From vírgula +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biɾɡuˈliʝa/ [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biɾɡuˈliʝa/ [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /biɾɡuˈliʎa/ [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biɾɡuˈliʃa/ [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biɾɡuˈliʒa/ [biɾ.ɣ̞uˈli.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: vir‧gu‧li‧lla

Noun

virgulilla f (plural virgulillas)

1. tilde

   Synonym: tilde

2. prime (mark)

Further reading

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