stylo
See also: stylo-
English
Etymology 1
Noun
stylo (plural stylos)
- A stylographic pen.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Malone put his stylo in his pocket. There was no use reporting a lunatic.
Etymology 2
Noun
stylo (plural stylos)
- Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
stylo (comparative more stylo, superlative most stylo)
- (Singapore, informal) Stylish; fashionable.
- Quoted in 2024, Andrew J. Moody, The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes (page 677)
- We so stylo, they just vile-o / We speak Singlish, awmost English-lah
- Quoted in 2024, Andrew J. Moody, The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes (page 677)
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiˈloː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: sty‧lo
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
stylo m (plural stylo's)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Clipping of stylographe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti.lo/
Audio: (file)
Noun
stylo m (plural stylos)
- pen (for writing)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “stylo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
stylō
- dative/ablative singular of stylus