φύλλο
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See also: φύλο
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) ( ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- through a root *bʰolh₃-yom), and semantic loan from French feuille in some senses, such as "sheet". For "playing card", semantic loan from Italian carte. [1] Cognate with Mariupol Greek фи́лу (fílu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfilo/
- Hyphenation: φύλ‧λο
- Homophones: φύλο (fýlo), φίλο (fílo) also see the paronym φιλώ (filó)
Noun
φύλλο • (fýllo) n (plural φύλλα)
- (botany) leaf (of plant, etc); blade (leaf of grass, etc)
- φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
- sheet (paper)
- (journalism) newspaper, issue, number
- plate, foil (metal, glass, etc)
- (cooking) filo, phyllo (pastry)
- φύλλο κρούστας ― fýllo kroústas ― filo pastry
- playing card
- Synonym: κάρτα (kárta)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φύλλο (fýllo) | φύλλα (fýlla) |
| genitive | φύλλου (fýllou) | φύλλων (fýllon) |
| accusative | φύλλο (fýllo) | φύλλα (fýlla) |
| vocative | φύλλο (fýllo) | φύλλα (fýlla) |
Derived terms
- λογιστικό φύλλο n (logistikó fýllo, “spreadsheet”)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
Φύλλο (βοτανική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- ^ φύλλο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language