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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Noun
filamento m (plural filamentos)
- filament
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Noun
filamento m (plural filamenti)
- filament
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fi‧la‧men‧to
Noun
filamento m (plural filamentos)
- filament (fine thread or wire)
- filament (wire in an incandescent light bulb)
- (botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /filaˈmento/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: fi‧la‧men‧to
Noun
filamento m (plural filamentos)
- filament
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