cirio
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Galician
Etymology
From Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”).
Noun
cirio m (plural cirios)
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”) (compare French cierge, Italian cero, Portuguese círio), from cēra (“wax”). Doublet of céreo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiɾjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsiɾjo/
- Rhymes: -iɾjo
- Syllabification: ci‧rio
- Homophone: (Latin America) sirio
Noun
cirio m (plural cirios)
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Further reading
- “cirio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16