φύλλο

See also: φύλο

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) ( ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- through a root *bʰolh₃-yom), and semantic loan from French feuille in some senses, such as "sheet". For "playing card", semantic loan from Italian carte. [1] Cognate with Mariupol Greek фи́лу (fílu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfilo/
  • Hyphenation: φύλ‧λο
  • Homophones: φύλο (fýlo), φίλο (fílo) also see the paronym φιλώ (filó)

Noun

φύλλο • (fýllo) n (plural φύλλα)

  1. (botany) leaf (of plant, etc); blade (leaf of grass, etc)
    φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
  2. sheet (paper)
  3. (journalism) newspaper, issue, number
  4. plate, foil (metal, glass, etc)
  5. (cooking) filo, phyllo (pastry)
    φύλλο κρούστας ― fýllo kroústas ― filo pastry
  6. playing card
    Synonym: κάρτα (kárta)

Declension
declension of φύλλο
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φύλλο • φύλλα •
genitive φύλλου • φύλλων •
accusative φύλλο • φύλλα •
vocative φύλλο • φύλλα •

Derived terms
  • φ. n (f., “sheet, page”)
  • φφ. n pl (ff., “sheets, pages”)

Descendants
  • → English: phyllo, fillo, filo, fyllo

Further reading

References
  1. φύλλο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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