kariofilo

From New Latin caryophyllus, from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”); the definition is a phono-semantic adaptation from a Semitic language (compare Arabic ⁧قَرَنْفُل⁩ (qaranful)). Cognates include Italian garofano, French girofle, Greek γαρύφαλλο (garýfallo), Romanian calomfir (“costmary”).

• IPA^(key): [karioˈfilo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: ka‧ri‧o‧fi‧lo

kariofilo (accusative singular kariofilon, plural kariofiloj, accusative plural kariofilojn)

1. clove (pungent, aromatic spice)