fillo

English

Noun

fillo (countable and uncountable, plural fillos)

1. Alternative spelling of phyllo

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin filius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”). Cognate to Spanish hijo, Galician fillo, Italian figlio.

Noun

fillo m

1. Son.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese filho (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”).

Alternative forms

• filho (“reintegrationist”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiʎo̝/

Noun

fillo m (plural fillos)

1. son
2. (in the plural) children (direct descendants by birth)

   Estes son os meus fillos: Ana e Roi. ― These are my children: Ana and Roi.

3. scion (a detached shoot or twig containing buds)

   Synonyms: inzo, xermolo

4. sprout

   Synonym: rebento

Related terms

• filla
• filha
• afillar
• filla
• fillar

References

• “fillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fillo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fillo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fillo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

fillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of fillar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: fìl‧lo

Noun

fillo m (plural filli)

1. (botany) phyllon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• folli

Old Galician-Portuguese

Noun

fillo m (plural fillos, feminine filla, feminine plural fillas)

1. Alternative spelling of filho