filósofo

See also: filosofo, filosofó, and filosofò

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos)bor.

Latin philosophuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese filósofo

Galician filósofo

From Old Galician-Portuguese filosofo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin philosophus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔsofo/ [fiˈlɔ.s̺o.fʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔsofo
• Hyphenation: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

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

1. philosopher

Related terms

• filosofía

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “filósofo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “filósofo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

filósofo

Alternative forms

• philósopho, philosopho (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)

Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos)bor.

Latin philosophuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese filósofo

Portuguese filósofo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filósofo, from Latin philosophus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/, /fiˈlɔ.zu.fu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈlɔ.zo.fu/, /fiˈlɔ.zu.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

   Antonym: misósofo

Derived terms

• filosofal

Related terms

• filosofal
• filosofar
• filosoficamente
• filosófico

Further reading

• “filósofo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “filósofo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• philósopho (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin philosophus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈlosofo/ [fiˈlo.so.fo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -osofo
• Syllabification: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

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

1. philosopher

Related terms

• filosofar
• filosofía

Descendants

• → Cebuano: pilosopo
• → Basque: filosofo
• → Tagalog: pilosopo

Further reading

• “filósofo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025