filósofo

See also: filosofo, filosofó, and filosofò

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-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): /fiˈlɔsofo/ [fiˈlɔ.s̺o.fʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔsofo
• Hyphenation: fi‧ló‧so‧fo

Noun

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

1. philosopher
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 180:

     Platom de Atenas o filosofo

     Plato of Athens, the philosopher

Related terms

• filosofía

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “filosofo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “filosofo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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 (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

• filosofal
• 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]

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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

Further reading

• “filósofo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10