Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fileteado

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: filetea-do
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Etymology

From Spanish fileteado, ultimately from Latin filum (“thread”), referring to fine painted lines.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: fileteado, filum

Questions

What does fileteado mean?: A type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Where does fileteado come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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