cencerro
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish cencerro, from Basque zinzerri (“animal bell”).
Noun
[edit]cencerro (plural cencerros)
- A cowbell.
- 2015 August 6, Phil Harrison, “Thursday’s best TV”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Even so, the score calls for Thai gongs, African balaphone and Caribbean cencerros, among others.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Basque zintzarri (“animal bell”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈθero/ [θẽn̟ˈθe.ro]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈsero/ [sẽnˈse.ro]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: cen‧ce‧rro
Noun
[edit]cencerro m (plural cencerros)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cencerro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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