pilosopo

Cebuano

Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish filósofo.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: pi‧lo‧so‧po

    Noun

    pilósopo

    1. philosopher

    Adjective

    pilósopo

    1. argumentative; sarcastic

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s
    Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)
    Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)
    Ancient Greek φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos)bor.
    Latin philosophuslbor.
    Spanish filósofobor.
    Tagalog pilosopo

      Borrowed from Spanish filósofo, a learned borrowing from Latin philosophus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos), from φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piˈlosopo/ [pɪˌloː.soˈpo]
      • Rhymes: -osopo
      • Syllabification: pi‧lo‧so‧po

      Adjective

      pilósopó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜓᜐᜓᜉᜓ)

      1. argumentative

      Noun

      pilósopó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜓᜐᜓᜉᜓ)

      1. philosopher
      2. (derogatory) philosophizer
      3. (derogatory) wiseacre; know-it-all
      4. (colloquial, by extension) someone taking things too literally; pedant
        Synonym: (Rizal) sual-al

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • “pilosopo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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