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Spanish
An electrical tabletop hot plate
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, Paraguay, 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)
- hotplate
- 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)
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