φύλλο

See also: φύλο

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) ( ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- through a root *bʰolh₃-yom), and semantic loan from French feuille in some senses, such as "sheet". For "playing card", semantic loan from Italian carte. Cognate with Mariupol Greek фи́лу (fílu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilo/
• Hyphenation: φύλ‧λο
• Homophones: φύλο (fýlo), φίλο (fílo) also see the paronym φιλώ (filó)

Noun

φύλλο • (fýllo) n (plural φύλλα)

1. (botany) leaf (of plant, etc); blade (leaf of grass, etc)

   φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf

2. sheet (paper)
3. (journalism) newspaper, issue, number
4. plate, foil (metal, glass, etc)
5. (cooking) filo, phyllo (pastry)

   φύλλο κρούστας ― fýllo kroústas ― filo pastry

6. playing card

   Synonym: κάρτα (kárta)

Declension

declension of φύλλο

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	φύλλο •	φύλλα •
genitive	φύλλου •	φύλλων •
accusative	φύλλο •	φύλλα •
vocative	φύλλο •	φύλλα •

Derived terms

• λογιστικό φύλλο n (logistikó fýllo, “spreadsheet”)

Related terms

• φ. n (f., “sheet, page”)
• φφ. n pl (ff., “sheets, pages”)

Descendants

• → English: phyllo, fillo, filo, fyllo

Further reading

• Φύλλο (βοτανική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el