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silo

silo

noun SEE-lo Rare

Origin: From Spanish silo, possibly from Latin sirum (grain pit).

Usage Note

Silo is used both in agriculture for storing grain (silo à grains) and figuratively in modern management and tech — travailler en silos means 'to work in silos', i.e. in isolated departments that don't communicate. The plural silos follows the regular pattern.

Examples

"Le fermier stocke le blé dans le silo."

Natural Translation

The farmer stores the wheat in the silo.

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