afiŝo

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• afisho (H-system spelling)
• afisxo (X-system spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *feigʷō

Latin fīvō

Latin fīgō

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Vulgar Latin *fīgicāre

Old French fichier

Old French afichier

Middle French

French afficherdeverb.

French affichebor.

Esperanto afiŝo

Borrowed from French affiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfiʃo/

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• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧ŝo

Noun

afiŝo (accusative singular afiŝon, plural afiŝoj, accusative plural afiŝojn)

1. placard, poster, notice, sign

   balota afiŝo ― an election poster

   teatra afiŝo ― a theatre poster

2. (neologism, Internet) message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.

Related terms

• afiŝejo (“online forum”)
• afiŝhomo (“person who carries a sandwich board”)
• afiŝi (“to post”)
• afiŝisto (“billposter, billsticker”)

Further reading

• “afiŝo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “afiŝo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026