canícula

• Homophone: Canícula
• Rhymes: -ikulɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

Learned borrowing from Latin canicula.

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. intense heat

From cana +‎ -i- +‎ -cula.^[1]

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. small and slender cane
2. (informal) slender leg

Borrowed from Latin canicula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnikula/ [kaˈni.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: ca‧ní‧cu‧la

canícula f (plural canículas)

1. dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)

• “canícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28