Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinchilla

/t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: chin-chilla
IPA: /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.

Countable

noun

The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.

Uncountable

noun

A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Spanish.

Example Sentences

"It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years. Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat."
"Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents^([sic]) of 13 founders wild caught in 1927."
"Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Chinchilla

Usage

Inflected Forms

chinchillas (plural)

Derived Forms

Burmilla chin chinchillada chinchillalike chinny

Phrases

Bolivian chinchilla Chilean chinchilla chinchilla rat chinchilla wattle coastal chinchilla common chinchilla long-tailed chinchilla Peruvian chinchilla

Frequently Paired Words

viscacha

Synonyms

chinchilla laniger

Rhymes With

villa manila vanilla gorilla guerrilla godzilla camilla sevilla priscilla padilla guerilla attila

Questions

How do you pronounce chinchilla?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/.
What does chinchilla mean?: A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
Where does chinchilla come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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