folíolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliolum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.o.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.o.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈli.o.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈli.u.lu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iolu, (Portugal) -iulu
• Hyphenation: fo‧lí‧o‧lo

Noun

folíolo m (plural folíolos)

1. (botany) leaflet (Small leaf)
2. (botany) leaflet (Each of the parts into which the limbus of a compound vegetable leaf is divided)
3. (botany) leaflet (Each of the small modified plant leaves (bracteoles) that make up a stem)

See also

• caulículo
• folha

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliolum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈliolo/ [foˈli.o.lo]
• Rhymes: -iolo
• Syllabification: fo‧lí‧o‧lo

Noun

folíolo m (plural folíolos)

1. (botany) leaflet

Related terms

• foliar

 

Further reading

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