pelliza

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, piel +‎ -iza, the former having been piell in Old Spanish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /peˈʝiθa/ [peˈʝi.θa]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /peˈʎiθa/ [peˈʎi.θa]

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /peˈʝisa/ [peˈʝi.sa]
IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /peˈʎisa/ [peˈʎi.sa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃisa/ [peˈʃi.sa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒisa/ [peˈʒi.sa]

(Spain) Rhymes: -iθa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -isa
Syllabification: pe‧lli‧za

Noun

pelliza f (plural pellizas)

a fur coat
a faux fur coat or jacket
a dolman jacket

Further reading

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

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