stylo

See also: stylo-

English

Etymology 1

Noun

stylo (plural stylos)

1. 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)

1. Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

Derived terms

• African stylo
• Caribbean stylo
• Townsville stylo

See also

• stylo milo

References

• “stylo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• stylo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tosyl

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French stylo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiˈloː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sty‧lo
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

stylo m (plural stylo's)

1. (Belgium) ballpoint pen, biro

   Synonyms: balpen, bic

Related terms

• stylus

French

Etymology

Clipping of stylographe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.lo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

stylo m (plural stylos)

1. pen (for writing)

Derived terms

• stylo à bille

Descendants

• → Dutch: stylo
• → Greek: στυλό (styló)
• → Khmer: ស្ទីឡូ (stiilou)

Further reading

• “stylo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

stylō

1. dative/ablative singular of stylus