orlo

See also: orló, orlò, and őrlő

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish orlo.

Noun

orlo (plural orlos)

1. (archaic) A Spanish wind instrument, possibly a crumhorn.

Anagrams

• Loor, OOLR, rool

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈor.lo/
• Rhymes: -orlo
• Hyphenation: ór‧lo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *orulus, diminutive of ōra.

Noun

orlo m (plural orli, diminutive orlétto or orlìno, augmentative orlóne, pejorative orlàccio)

1. border, edge, margin, brink, verge; the milled edge of a coin

   Synonyms: margine, bordo, estremità, confine

   La società è sull'orlo del fallimento. ― The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

   riempiere la brocca fino all'orlo ― to fill the jug to the brim

2. hem, hemline, welt, cuff (of clothes)
3. (heraldry) orle

Related terms

• orlare
• orlatura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orlare

Further reading

• “orlo”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “orlo” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “orlo” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “orlo” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “órlo” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “órlo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Loro, loro

Portuguese

Verb

orlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orlar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾlo/ [ˈoɾ.lo]
• Rhymes: -oɾlo
• Syllabification: or‧lo

Etymology 1

Possibly from German Horn, although the sound changes are not well-explained.

Noun

orlo m (plural orlos)

1. (historical, music) an orlo [from mid-16th c.]

Etymology 2

Verb

orlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orlar

Further reading

• “orlo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “orlo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN

Anagrams

• loor, loro, olor, rolo, roló