figlia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiʎ.ʎa/, [ˈfiʎːä]
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  • Hyphenation: fì‧glia

Etymology 1

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

figlia f (plural figlie, masculine figlio)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

figlia

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • feglia (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

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”).

Noun

figlia f (plural figlias)

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