palio

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See also: Palio, palió, and palío

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French pailleItalian pagliaSpanish paja. Compare Esperanto pajlo.

Pronunciation

Noun

palio (plural palii)

  1. straw
  2. chaff

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Variant of pallio, from Latin pallium (cloak; coverlet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ljo/
  • Rhymes: -aljo
  • Hyphenation: pà‧lio

Noun

palio m (plural pali)

  1. a banner given as a prize in certain competitions
  2. (by extension) the competition itself (il Palio di Siena-Siena horse race)
  3. (archaic) cloth

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pallium (cloak).

Pronunciation

Noun

palio m (plural palios)

  1. cloak, robe
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v:
      Vino ioſep aſos ermanos. e priſierõ le ⁊ deſpoiarõle el palio. e echarõle en el pozo. ⁊ eſte pozo era bazio e non ẏauia agua.
      Joseph came to his brothers, and they took him and stripped him of his robe, and threw him into the pit. And this pit was empty, and there was no water there.

Descendants

  • Spanish: palio

Portuguese

Verb

palio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of paliar

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

palio (Cyrillic spelling палио)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of paliti

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaljo/
  • Rhymes: -aljo
  • Syllabification: pa‧lio

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish palio, borrowed from Latin pallium.

Noun

palio m (plural palios)

  1. pallium

Etymology 2

Verb

palio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of paliar

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