Masculine

alfiler

Meaning

  1. (masculine) pin (a needle without an eye used for fastening)
  2. (Andalusia, masculine) clothespin, clothes peg

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
al‧fi‧ler
Pronounced as (IPA)
/alfiˈleɾ/
Etymology

From the older alfilel, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخِلَال (al-ḵilál), from Classical Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”).

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