cílio
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.lju/
cílio is spelled C-Í-L-I-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cílio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eyelash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pelo que guarnece as pálpebras; celha”.
What does cílio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeyelash
- 2
masculinecilium
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pelo que guarnece as pálpebras; celha 2. cada um dos pelos que guarnecem certos órgãos vegetais 3. cada um dos filamentos finíssimos e vibráteis que se notam em certos elementos anatômicos de alguns animais invertebrados, de alguns embriões de vertebrados e de algumas algas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cílio
- cílios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cílio?
- Brazil /ˈsi.lju/
- Brazil /ˈsi.li.u/
- Portugal /ˈsi.lju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cílio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cílio in Portuguese?
cílio appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).