zampoña

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish çanpoña, from Latin symphōnia. Doublet of sinfonía and zanfonía.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θamˈpoɲa/ [θãmˈpo.ɲa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /samˈpoɲa/ [sãmˈpo.ɲa]
Rhymes: -oɲa
Syllabification: zam‧po‧ña

Noun

zampoña f (plural zampoñas)

pan flute

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1991) “leña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 64

Further reading

“zampoña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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