filósofo

See also: filosofo, filosofó, and filosofò

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese filosofo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiˈlɔsʊfʊ]

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 180:

     Platom de Atenas o filosofo

     Plato of Athens, the philosopher

Related terms

• filosofía

 

References

• “filosofo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “filosofo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “filósofo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “filósofo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

filósofo

Alternative forms

• philósopho (obsolete)
• philosopho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zu.fu/

• Hyphenation: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher (person who studies philosophy)

   Synonym: pensador

Derived terms

• filosofal

Related terms

• filosofança
• filosofar
• filosoficamente
• filosófico

 

Spanish

Alternative forms

• philósopho (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlosofo/ [fiˈlo.so.fo]
• Rhymes: -osofo
• Syllabification: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

1. philosopher

Related terms

• filosofar
• filosofía

Further reading

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