grilo

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Hejma grilo (Acheta domesticus)

Etymology

From German Grille, Italian grillo, French grillon, all from Latin gryllus.

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  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Noun

grilo (accusative singular grilon, plural griloj, accusative plural grilojn)

  1. cricket (insect)

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested, as a surname, in 1308. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Pronunciation

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

  1. cricket (insect)
Derived terms

References

  • “grilo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “grilo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “grilo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “grilo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

grilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese grilo, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

  1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
  2. (informal) clock or watch
  3. (Brazil, informal) worry, concern
  4. (historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

Etymology 2

Verb

grilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar
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