grilo

Esperanto

Hejma grilo (Acheta domesticus)

Etymology

From German Grille, Italian grillo, French grillon, all from Latin gryllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrilo]

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Noun

grilo (accusative singular grilon, plural griloj, accusative plural grilojn)

1. cricket (insect)

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested, as a surname, in 1308. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾilʊ]

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect)

Derived terms

• grilo rei

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grilo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grilo”, 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), “grilo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grilo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.lu/

• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese grilo, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
2. (informal) clock or watch
3. (Brazil, informal) worry, concern
4. (historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

Derived terms

• grilídeo
• grileiro

Further reading

• “grilo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “grilo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “grilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar