Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From doncella + -ez.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /donθeˈʝeθ/ [d̪õn̟.θeˈʝeθ]
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /donθeˈʝeθ/ [d̪õn̟.θeˈʝeθ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /donθeˈʎeθ/ [d̪õn̟.θeˈʎeθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /donseˈʝes/ [d̪õn.seˈʝes]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /donseˈʝes/ [d̪õn.seˈʝes]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /donseˈʎes/ [d̪õn.seˈʎes]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /donseˈʃes/ [d̪õn.seˈʃes]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /donseˈʒes/ [d̪õn.seˈʒes]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: don‧ce‧llez
doncellez f (plural doncelleces)
- maidenhood; virginity
- Synonym: virginidad
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