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English
Etymology
Diminutive of illustration with -o.
Noun
illo (plural illos)
- (informal) An illustration.
1981, George H. Scithers, Amra, volume 2, number 69, page 9:We will also begin paying for art work: about $20 to $35 for a full-page illo, and others in proportion.
- 2008, Vibe (November 2008): "Idol Worship" by Keith Murphy
- this 188-page photo/illo tome is a gorgeously provocative companion piece for music heads consumed with the classic and the current.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
illo
- first-person singular present indicative of illar
Interlingua
Pronoun
illo
- it, that (indirect object)
- Io pagava pro illo ― I paid for it
Related terms
Latin
Pronoun
illō
- ablative masculine/neuter singular of ille
References
- “illo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “illo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- illo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Phuthi
Etymology
From i- + -lla + -o.
Noun
íllo class 9 (plural tíllo class 10)
- crying
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
A shortened form of quillo (a term of endearment for a young person used in Andalucia), itself a shortened form of chiquillo, a diminutive of chico (“kid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈiʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
Noun
illo m (plural illos)
- (colloquial, Andalusia) used to address a child; hey kid!
- (colloquial, Andalusia) used to address one's friends; mate; dude; my guy
Interjection
illo
- (colloquial, Andalusia) interjection to express excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.; oh dude!
- (colloquial, Andalusia) used to get someone's attention; hey you!
See also
- -illo (dimunitive suffix)