silla

silla

1. genitive singular of sild

Shortened from selluvilla. First attested in 1938.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilːɑ/, [ˈs̠ilːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sil‧la

silla

1. (textiles, dated) A synthetic fabric similar to rayon.

• säteri
• viskoosi

• Salli, salli

Borrowed from Spanish silla; compare Portuguese silha. Cf. also Galician sela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʎa̝/

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: cadeira

Its use — especially in written form — is considered incorrect.

From Latin sedilia (“seat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʎa̝/

silla f (plural sillas)

1. raised stone for installing a hive

• “silla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “silla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “silla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• sulla (uncommon)

From Arabic سِلَّة‎ (silla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪl.la/

silla f (plural silel)

1. French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

From Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella (“seat”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

• Syllabification: si‧lla

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: asiento

2. saddle

   Synonym: silla de montar

• silla de oficina (“office chair, desk chair”)
• silla de rodilla (“ergonomic kneeling chair”)
• silla de montar
• silla de ruedas
• silla eléctrica

• → Cebuano: síya
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
• → Galician: silla
• → Hiligaynon: siya
• → Ladino: siya
• → Portuguese: silha
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir
• → Tagalog: silya, siya
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya

• “silla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014