chinchilla
pronunciation
How to pronounce chinchilla in British English:
UK [tʃɪnˈtʃɪlə]
How to pronounce chinchilla in American English:
US [tʃɪn'tʃɪlə]
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- Noun:
- the expensive silvery gray fur of the chinchilla
- a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- small rodent with soft pearly gray fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
Word Origin
- chinchilla (n.)
- small South American rodent, 1590s, from Spanish, literally "little bug," diminutive of chinche (see chinch); perhaps a folk-etymology alteration of a word from Quechua or Aymara.
Example
- 1. Mrs chinchilla seems keen to change the subject .
- 2. Ms chinchilla 's powers will be limited too .
- 3. Chinchilla also denied that the cabinet crisis .
- 4. Chinchilla has not announced who will take over the post of minister of health .
- 5. Mrs chinchilla says she hopes to increase revenues by taxing casinos and online gambling , which her officials hope would bring in an extra 1 % of gdp .