silla

silla

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

silla

1. genitive singular of sild

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]‎^[1] (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. Cf. also Galician 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/

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-.

• Syllabification: si‧lla

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: asiento

2. saddle

   Synonym: silla de montar

• → Cebuano: síya
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
• → 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024