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Spanish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old Catalan coxin~coixin (modern coixí), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnum (“cushion”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare French coussin, Italian cuscino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈxin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: co‧jín
Noun
cojín m (plural cojines)
- cushion
- Synonym: almohadón
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cojín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cojín”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 129
- “coixí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.