silla

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫa/

See sillë.

silla

1. inflection of sillë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

See cila.

silla

1. (Gheg) alternative form of cila (“who, which”)

silla

1. genitive singular of sild

Borrowed from Spanish silla, from Old Spanish siella, from Late Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese sela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʎa/
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Syllabification: si‧lla

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: cadera

2. saddle (seat placed on the back of an animal)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Shortened from selluvilla. First attested in 1938.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilːɑ/, [ˈs̠ilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sil‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): sil‧la

silla (dated)

1. (textiles) a synthetic fabric similar to rayon
2. (textiles) loose rayon fiber, when used as gun oakum (weapon tow)

• säteri
• viskoosi

• “silla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Salli, salli

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɟa/ [ˈs̺i.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɟa
• Hyphenation: si‧lla

Borrowed from Spanish silla; compare Portuguese silha. Doublet of sela.

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: cadeira

• Its use — especially in written form — is considered incorrect.

From Latin sedilia (“seat”).

silla f (plural sillas)

1. raised stone for installing a hive

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “silla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “silla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “silla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• sulla (uncommon)

From Arabic سِلَّة (silla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɪlla

silla f (plural silel)

1. French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Inherited from Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella (“seat”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Cognate with Asturian siella (“chair”), Catalan and Italian sella (“saddle”). French selle (“saddle”), Galician and Portuguese sela (“saddle”), Romanian șa (“saddle”).

• Syllabification: si‧lla
• Homophone: (seseo merger) cilla

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: asiento

2. saddle

   Synonyms: silla de montar, fuste (poetic)

• → Cebuano: síya
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
• → Fala: silla
• → Galician: silla
• → Hiligaynon: siya
• → Ladino: siya
• → Portuguese: silha
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir
• → Tagalog: silya, siya
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya

• “silla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025