filisteo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.liˈstɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: fi‧li‧stè‧o

Adjective

filisteo (feminine filistea, masculine plural filistei, feminine plural filistee)

1. philistine
2. Philistine

Noun

filisteo m (plural filistei, feminine filistea)

1. philistine
2. Philistine

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish philisteo, from Late Latin Philistaeus, from Koine Greek Φυλιστιείμ (Phulistieím), from Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (pəlištîm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /filisˈteo/ [fi.lisˈt̪e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: fi‧lis‧te‧o

Adjective

filisteo (feminine filistea, masculine plural filisteos, feminine plural filisteas)

1. philistine
2. Philistine

Noun

filisteo m (plural filisteos, feminine filistea, feminine plural filisteas)

1. Philistine
   • 2015 October 6, “Por qué todos temen a Cunha”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Y eso me ha hecho recordar la escena bíblica de Sansón que muere junto con sus enemigos los filisteos, aplastados por las columnas del templo que él hizo derribar.

     And that reminded me of the biblical scene of Samson who dies along with his enemies the Philistines, crushed by the pillars of the temple that he brought down.

Further reading

• “filisteo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10