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φύλλο

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Greek

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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φύλλο (fýllon (plural φύλλα)

  1. (botany) leaf (of plant, etc); blade (leaf of grass, etc)
    φύλλο δάφνηςfýllo dáfnisbay leaf
  2. sheet (paper)
  3. (journalism) newspaper, issue, number
  4. plate, foil (metal, glass, etc)
  5. (cooking) filo, phyllo (pastry)
    φύλλο κρούσταςfýllo kroústasfilo pastry
  6. playing card
    Synonym: κάρτα (kárta)

Declension

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Declension of φύλλο
singular plural
nominative φύλλο (fýllo) φύλλα (fýlla)
genitive φύλλου (fýllou) φύλλων (fýllon)
accusative φύλλο (fýllo) φύλλα (fýlla)
vocative φύλλο (fýllo) φύλλα (fýlla)

Derived terms

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  • φ. n (f., sheet, page)
  • φφ. n pl (ff., sheets, pages)

Descendants

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  • English: phyllo, fillo, filo, fyllo

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ φύλλο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language