figlia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiʎ.ʎa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʎʎa
- Hyphenation: fì‧glia
Etymology 1
From Latin fīlia, from fīlius (“child, son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Cognate to French fille, Portuguese filha, Galician filla, Romanian fie, Spanish hija, Sicilian figghia, Sardinian filla, Romansch feglia.
Noun
figlia f (plural figlie, masculine figlio, diminutive figliétta or figliettìna, derogatory figliàccia)
- daughter
- Synonym: figliola
- (usually regional) girl
- Synonyms: ragazza, figliola, fanciulla, donzella
Derived terms
- figlia d'arte
- figlia di puttana
- figliastra
- figlia unico
- figlioccia
- figliola
- figlioletta
Related terms
- affiliare (see there for more)
See also
- (family members) famiglia; cugino, figlio, figlia, fratello, madre, marito, moglie, nipote, nonna, nonno, padre, sorella, zia, zio (Category: it:Family)
Verb
figlia
- inflection of figliare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- aglifi
Romansch
Alternative forms
- feglia (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
Etymology
From Latin fīlia, from fīlius (“child, son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʎa/, [ˈfiʎɐ]
Noun
figlia f (plural figlias)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) daughter
Related terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) figl
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegl