filo

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See also: Filo, filó, filò, filo-, and -filo

English

Noun

filo (countable and uncountable, plural filos)

  1. Alternative spelling of phyllo

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Catalan

Verb

filo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of filar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fīlius.

Pronunciation

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    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: fi‧lo

Noun

filo (accusative singular filon, plural filoj, accusative plural filojn)

  1. son

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: fì‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin fīlum (“thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Noun

filo m (plural fili m or (collectively or in fixed expressions) fila f, diminutive filìno or filétto)

  1. thread (for sewing, etc.)
  2. yarn
  3. string (cord)
  4. cable, wire, flex
  5. blade (of grass, etc.)
  6. grain (of wood)
  7. (idiomatic, in the plural) threads, strands
  8. trickle (of water)
    filo d'acqua
    water trickle
  9. breath (of air)
  10. wisp (of smoke)
  11. edge (of blade)
  12. ray (of light)
  13. glimmer (of hope)
Usage notes
  • The feminine plural fila is only used in the idiomatic sense threads.
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Etymology 2

From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon).

Noun

filo m (plural fili)

  1. (taxonomy) phylum (a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class)

Etymology 3

Verb

filo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of filare

Further reading

  • filo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • filo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Italiot Greek

Noun

filo m

  1. friend

Latin

Noun

fīlō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of fīlum

References

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese filho.

Noun

filo (plural filo-filo, female fila)

  1. boy
  2. son
    filo-di-quim ― whose son
  3. child
    filo-grándi ― oldest child
    filo trás di porta ― illegitimate child

Particle

filo-filo

  1. diminutive marker
    chuva filo-filo ― a drizzle (literally, “rain children”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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Noun

filo m (plural filos)

  1. (taxonomy) phylum (rank below kingdom and above class)

Etymology 2

Verb

filo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of filar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfilo/
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Syllabification: fi‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish filo, inherited from Latin fīlum. Doublet of hilo. Both were inherited, and it is not entirely clear why the two diverged in pronunciation, with filo coming to mean 'edge' and hilo maintaining the Latin sense of 'string, thread'. Perhaps the /f~h/ variation was exploited to create two words with more specialized senses.

Noun

filo m (plural filos)

  1. edge, cutting edge (of the blade of an instrument)
  2. edge (sharp terminating border)
  3. (colloquial, dated, Colombia, El Salvador) hunger
  4. (Cuba) fold
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Interjection

filo

  1. (Chile, colloquial) whatever, I don't care
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Etymology 2

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Borrowed from New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race”).

Noun

filo m (plural filos)

  1. (biology, taxonomy) phylum
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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

filo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of filar

Further reading

Tongan

Noun

filo

  1. cotton

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فیلو (filo, “line of battle”), from Venetian filo (“line”), from Latin filum.

Noun

filo (definite accusative filoyu, plural filolar)

  1. (military, nautical) fleet; squadron, line of battle

References

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