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figlio.

son

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfiʎ.ʎo/

  1. son

    masculine
    È mio figlio.

  2. child (of unspecified gender, in relation to their parents)

    masculine · plural-normally
    Quanti figli avete?
Where this word comes from

From Latin fīlius, 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 fils, Portuguese filho, Galician fillo, Romanian fiu, Spanish hijo, Sicilian figghiu, Corsican figliu, Sardinian fillu, Romansh fegl.

verb/ˈfiʎ.ʎo/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of figliare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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