overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

chinchilla.

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

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/
  1. 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
  2. The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.

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

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

chinchilla has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

chinchilla studiochinchilla workshello, chinchilla

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.