clorofila

Galician

Noun

clorofila f (plural clorofilas)

1. chlorophyll

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klo.ɾoˈfi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klo.ɾoˈfi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /klo.ɾoˈfi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klu.ɾuˈfi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: clo‧ro‧fi‧la

Noun

clorofila f (plural clorofilas)

1. chlorophyll

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloɾoˈfila/ [klo.ɾoˈfi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: clo‧ro‧fi‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chlorophyll, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “greenish-yellow, pale green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Noun

clorofila f (uncountable)

1. chlorophyll

Derived terms

• clorofílico
• clorofilo

 

Related terms

• cloro

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kloropila

Etymology 2

Adjective

clorofila f

1. feminine singular of clorofilo

Further reading

• “clorofila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28