hornillo

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An electrical tabletop hot plate
A camp stove

Etymology

From horno +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix); possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *furnellus, from Latin furnus.[1] Compare French fourneau, Italian fornello, Catalan fornell, Galician Fornelos (toponym), Occitan fornèl, Sicilian furneddu.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾˈniʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /oɾˈniʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾˈniʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾˈniʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: hor‧ni‧llo

Noun

hornillo m (plural hornillos)

  1. hotplate
  2. camp stove, camping stove, portable stove (a portable stove used while camping)
    Synonyms: camping gas, hornillo portátil, hornillo de camping, (Argentina) calentador a gas

Descendants

  • Portuguese: fornilho (from an older form)

References

  1. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=wVU0AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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