grilo

grilo

Esperanto

Hejma grilo (Acheta domesticus)

Etymology

From German Grille, Italian grillo, French grillon, all from Latin gryllus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrilo]
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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Noun

grilo (accusative singular grilon, plural griloj, accusative plural grilojn)

1. cricket (insect)

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Galician

Etymology

Attested, as a surname, in 1308. From Old Portuguese, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾilʊ]

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect)

Derived terms

• grilo rei

References

• “grilo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “grilo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “grilo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “grilo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.lu/

• Hyphenation: gri‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese grilo, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

Noun

grilo m (plural grilos)

1. cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)
2. (informal) clock or watch
3. (Brazil, informal) worry, concern
4. (historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine

Verb

grilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grilar