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.