filo

See also filo-, -filo, and Filo

English

Noun

filo (plural filos)

1. Alternative spelling of phyllo.

Anagrams

• FOIL, foil, LIFO, lo-fi

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin filius

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfi.lo/, X-SAMPA: /ˈfi.lo/
• Hyphenation: fi‧lo

Noun

filo (plural filoj, accusative singular filon, accusative plural filojn)

1. son

   Kvankam mi estas adoptulo neniu filo havis pli amadan patron ol mi.

   Even though I am adopted, no son had a more loving father than I.

2. (nonstandard) offspring

Coordinate terms

• filino (“daughter”)

Hypernyms

• gefilo (“offspring”)

Derived terms

• filiĉo

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin fīlum (thread).

Noun

filo m (plural fili)

1. thread (for sewing, etc)
2. yarn
3. string (cord)
4. cable, wire, flex
5. blade (of grass, etc)
6. grain (of wood)

filo m (plural fila f)

1. (idiomatic, in the plural) threads, strands

Verb

filo

1. first-person singular present indicative of filare

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Latin

Noun

fīlō n

1. dative singular of fīlum
2. ablative singular of fīlum

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfilo/

Etymology 1

From Latin fīlum.

Noun

filo m (plural filos)

1. edge (of the blade of an instrument)
2. edge (sharp terminating border)
3. (colloquial, Colombia, El Salvador) hunger
4. (Cuba) fold

Derived terms

• afilar v
• filoso

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Etymology 2

From New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phylon) "race".

Noun

filo m (plural filos)

1. (biology, taxonomy) phylum

Derived terms

• subfilo m
• superfilo m