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English
Noun
fillo (countable and uncountable, plural fillos)
- Alternative spelling of phyllo
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin filius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”). Cognate to Spanish hijo, Galician fillo, Italian figlio.
Noun
fillo m
- Son.
Galician
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filho (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiɟo/
- Rhymes: -iɟo
- Hyphenation: fi‧llo
Noun
fillo m (plural fillos)
- son
- (in the plural) children (direct descendants by birth)
- Estes son os meus fillos: Ana e Roi. ― These are my children: Ana and Roi.
- scion (a detached shoot or twig containing buds)
- Synonyms: inzo, xermolo
- sprout
- Synonym: rebento
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fillo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
fillo
- first-person singular present indicative of fillar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fillo m (plural filli)
- (botany) phyllon
Further reading
- fillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Old Galician-Portuguese
Noun
fillo m (plural fillos, feminine filla, feminine plural fillas)
- Alternative spelling of filho
Old Leonese
Noun
fillo m (plural fillos)
- (Asturias, Galician influence) Alternative form of fiyo
1256, "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo XIII" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes:Hyo donna Velasquida recunnusco este fecto por uerdat e otórgolo todo e gradesco al conuento e a uos, mio fillo,- I, Mrs. Velasquita, recognize this fact as true and I grant everything and I thank the convent and you, my son.