cilio
Spanish, noun/ˈθiljo/
cilio is spelled C-I-L-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cilio is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cilium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Órgano filiforme de células y microorganismos, que sirve para desplazar líquido, partículas o para la…”.
What does cilio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecilium
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Órgano filiforme de células y microorganismos, que sirve para desplazar líquido, partículas o para la locomoción.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cilio
- cilios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cilio?
- /ˈθiljo/
- [ˈθi.ljo]
- /ˈsiljo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cilio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cilio in Spanish?
cilio appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).