berilo

See also: Berilo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈrilo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: be‧ri‧lo

Noun

berilo (accusative singular berilon, plural beriloj, accusative plural berilojn)

1. beryl (gem)

   Synonym: berilŝtono

Portuguese

berilo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pali veḷuriyabor.

Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia)bor.

Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)bor.

Latin bērylluslbor.

Portuguese berilo

Learned borrowing from Latin bēryllus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya, or borrowed from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈɾi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈɾi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈɾi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈɾi.lu/

Noun

berilo m (plural berilos)

1. beryl (gem)

Related terms

• gema
• crisoberilo, alexandrita, berílio

Further reading

• “berilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “berilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pali veḷuriyabor.

Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia)bor.

Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)bor.

Latin bērylluslbor.

Spanish berilo

Learned borrowing from Latin bēryllus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya, or borrowed from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈɾilo/ [beˈɾi.lo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: be‧ri‧lo

Noun

berilo m (plural berilos)

1. beryl

Derived terms

• berilio

Further reading

• “berilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pali veḷuriyabor.

Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia)bor.

Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos)bor.

Latin bērylluslbor.

Spanish berilobor.

Tagalog berilo

Borrowed from Spanish berilo, a learned borrowing from Latin bēryllus, borrowed from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), borrowed from Pali veḷuriya, or borrowed from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀅 (verulia). Doublet of abaloryo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /beˈɾilo/ [bɛˈɾiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: be‧ri‧lo

Noun

berilo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜎᜓ)

1. beryl

Further reading

• Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968), Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 44
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 79