Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: gi-lo
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)

Etymology

Etymology tree Kimbundu njilubor. Portuguese jilóbor. English gilo Borrowed from Portuguese giló, jiló, from Kimbundu njilu.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: giló, njilu

Inflected Forms

gilos (plural)

Questions

What does gilo mean?: Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
Where does gilo come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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