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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessilo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈsi.lo/
"Il grano è conservato nel silo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A tall, cylindrical tower used on a farm for storing grain or fermented fodder.
"The tall concrete silo was filled with corn for the winter livestock feed." - 2
A system, process, or department that operates in isolation from others.
"The company needed to break down internal silos to improve cross-departmental communication."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Spanish word 'silo', coming from the Latin 'sirus', and ultimately from the ancient Greek 'siros', meaning a pit for holding grain. Over centuries, the structural meaning evolved from subterranean storage pits to the tall, cylindrical tower structures commonly seen on modern farms, and later metaphorically to isolated organizational units.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Silo" is said worldwide
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silo
Transliteration: /si.lo/
"Le fermier a rempli le silo de grains."
Silo
Transliteration: /ˈziːloː/
"Das Getreide wird im Silo gelagert."
silo
Transliteration: /ˈsi.lo/
"Il grano è conservato nel silo."
silo
Transliteration: /ˈsi.lo/
"El silo está lleno de maíz."
silo
Transliteration: /ˈsi.lu/
"O fazendeiro armazenou o trigo no silo."
साइलो
Transliteration: sailo
"अनाज को साइलो में संग्रहित किया गया था।"
粮仓
Transliteration: liángcāng
"农场里有一个巨大的粮仓。"
사일로
Transliteration: sailo
"농부들은 곡물을 사일로에 보관합니다."
サイロ
Transliteration: sairo
"穀物はサイロに貯蔵されます。"
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