stylo

See also: stylo-

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- +‎ graphic.

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

From translingual Stylosanthes, from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Noun

stylo (plural stylos)

1. Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

Derived terms

• African stylo
• Caribbean stylo
• Townsville stylo

Etymology 3

From style + -o.

Adjective

stylo (comparative more stylo, superlative most stylo)

1. (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

Derived terms

• stylo milo

References

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

Anagrams

• tosyl

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French stylo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiˈloː/

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• Hyphenation: sty‧lo
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

stylo m (plural stylo's, no diminutive)

1. (Belgium) ballpoint pen, biro

   Synonyms: balpen, bic

Related terms

• stylus

French

Etymology

Clipping of stylographe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.lo/

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Noun

stylo m (plural stylos)

1. pen (for writing)

Derived terms

• stylo à bille

Descendants

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

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