filósofo

See also: filosofo, filosofó, and filosofò

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese filosofo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiˈlɔsʊfʊ]

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 180:

     Platom de Atenas o filosofo

     Plato of Athens, the philosopher

Related terms

• filosofía

 

References

• “filosofo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “filosofo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “filósofo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “filósofo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

filósofo

Alternative forms

• philósopho (obsolete)
• philosopho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zu.fu/

• Hyphenation: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher (person who studies philosophy)

   Synonym: pensador

Derived terms

• filosofal

Related terms

• filosofança
• filosofar
• filosoficamente
• filosófico

 

Spanish

Alternative forms

• philósopho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlosofo/ [fiˈlo.so.fo]
• Rhymes: -osofo
• Syllabification: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher

Related terms

• filosofar
• filosofía

 

Further reading

• “filósofo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014