filós
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
filós (feminine filosa, masculine plural filosos, feminine plural filoses)
- stringy, fibrous
- ragged, frayed
- 1925, Eduard Fontserè, Atlas elemental de núvols:
- Les vores d'aquest embut tenen textura radiant i filosa, i terminen en un cirrus, anomenat ordinàriament fals cirrus, compost dels darrers filaments de l'embut mateix, i de la bufera, també cirrosa, que surt del centre del corrent.
- The edges of this funnel have a radiant and wispy texture and terminate in a cirrus, ordinarily termed a false cirrus, composed of the last filaments of the funnel itself and of the puff, also cirrous, which emerges from the centre of the current.
Derived terms
- becfilós
Further reading
- “filós”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Noun
filós
- plural of filó