silo
French, noun/si.lo/
silo is spelled S-I-L-O (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silo is a French masculine noun meaning “silo (vertical building for storing grain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cavité pratiquée dans la terre pour y conserver du blé, des racines, etc”.
What does silo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilo (vertical building for storing grain)
- 2
masculinesilo (underground missile facility)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavité pratiquée dans la terre pour y conserver du blé, des racines, etc. 2. Réservoir hermétiquement clos construit au-dessus du sol où l’on entrepose les produits agricoles pour les conserver. 3. Réservoir similaire servant à entreposer un grand nombre de produits industriels (poudres, produit en granule…). 4. Site souterrain où sont entreposés des missiles en position de lancement
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of silo
- silos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silo?
- /si.lo/
- \si.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silo in French?
silo appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).