figlia

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfiʎ.ʎa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʎʎa
  • Hyphenation: fì‧glia

Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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figlia f (plural figlie, masculine figlio, diminutive figliétta or figliettìna, derogatory figliàccia)

  1. daughter
    Synonym: figliola
  2. (usually regional) girl
    Synonyms: ragazza, figliola, fanciulla, donzella
Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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figlia

  1. inflection of figliare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ʎa/, [ˈfiʎɐ]

Noun

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figlia f (plural figlias)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) daughter
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  • figl (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
  • fegl (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)