English

Noun

Filo ‎(plural Filos)

1. (informal) A Filipino.

Anagrams

• FOIL, foil, LIFO, lo-fi

English

Noun

filo ‎(plural filos)

1. Alternative spelling of phyllo

Anagrams

• FOIL, foil, LIFO, lo-fi

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin filius

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.lo/
• Hyphenation: fi‧lo

Noun

filo ‎(accusative singular filon, plural filoj, accusative plural filojn)

1. son
2. (nonstandard) offspring

Coordinate terms

• filino ‎(“daughter”)

Hypernyms

• gefilo ‎(“offspring”)

Derived terms

• filiĉo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fīlum (thread).

Noun

filo m ‎(plural fili)

1. thread (for sewing, etc)
2. yarn
3. string (cord)
4. cable, wire, flex
5. blade (of grass, etc)
6. grain (of wood)

filo m (plural fila f)

1. (idiomatic, in the plural) threads, strands

Derived terms

• per filo e per segno

Verb

filo

1. first-person singular present indicative of filare

Latin

Noun

fīlō n

1. dative singular of fīlum
2. ablative singular of fīlum

References

• FILO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

filo m (plural filos)

1. (taxonomy) phylum (rank below kingdom and above class)

Verb

filo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of filar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilo/

Etymology 1

From Latin fīlum.

Noun

filo m ‎(plural filos)

1. edge (of the blade of an instrument)
2. edge (sharp terminating border)
3. (colloquial, dated, Colombia, El Salvador) hunger
4. (Cuba) fold

Derived terms

• afilar verb
• filoso

Interjection

filo

1. (Chile, colloquial) whatever, I don't care

Etymology 2

From New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον ‎(phûlon) "race".

Noun

filo m ‎(plural filos)

1. (biology, taxonomy) phylum

Derived terms

• subfilo m
• superfilo m