# silo
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish silo, of unclear origin. See Spanish silo for more.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈsaɪloʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈsaɪləʊ/
* Rhymes: -aɪləʊ

### Noun

silo (plural silos or siloes)
* (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
* (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
    Synonyms: granary, grain elevator
* (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
** 1987, Michio Kaku, Daniel Axelrod, To Win a Nuclear War: The Pentagon's Secret War Plans, Black Rose Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 203:As a rule of thumb, to reliably destroy a hardened missile silo or communications bunker, a one megaton warhead should land within a 600 foot radius of its target. This will ensure that the enemy silo lies within the crater gouged out by the nuclear blast.
* (derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
** 2006, Albert J. Mills, Jean C. Helms Mills, John Bratton, Organizational Behaviour in a Global Context, page 116:A silo is created when members in one department or function do not interact with those in another department, even though there might be operational benefits to the interaction.
** 2021 May 5, Tony Streeter, “Network News: Disused structures "assets to be preserved", say MPs”, in RAIL, number 930, page 23:Graeme Bickerdike, a member of campaign organisation The HRE Group, told RAIL: "This infilling and demolition programme - costing much more than repair - has been conceived with no thought for its impact beyond the silos where distant, unaccountable officials manage their spreadsheets.
** 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 34:"And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation. "You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get multi-modal projects hard-wired in. And from our view, I see TfW as a behaviour change organisation.
* (derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
    Our networking is organized in silos, and employees lose time manually transferring data.
* (derogatory, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
    Synonym: echo chamber
* (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.

#### Derived terms

* bag silo
* missile silo
* sack silo
* siloism
* siloization, siloisation
* silolike
* silo truck

#### Translations
### Verb

silo (third-person singular simple present siloes or silos, present participle siloing, simple past and past participle siloed)
* (transitive) To store in a silo.
    Synonym: ensile
* (transitive) To separate; to isolate.
** 2024 June 26, Stephanie McNeal, “Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To”, in Glamour‎:Then there’s the fact that platforms like TikTok tend to silo users based on interests. Niche communities (insert hobby here plus Tok) are thriving, and so a person who may be famous on FarmTok or BookTok may have trouble breaking out of the mold.

### Further reading

* silo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* LOIs, Lois, Soli, soli, soil, oils, Sol I

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪlo]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

#### Noun

silo n
* silo (vertical building for storing grain)

##### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

silo
* neuter singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: selo

### Further reading

* “silo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “silo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “silo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo or French silo (itself from Spanish), perhaps from Latin sirus, from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós); alternatively from Basque zilo, zulo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.loː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: si‧lo

### Noun

silo m (plural silo's, diminutive silootje n)
* a silo (building for storage)

#### Derived terms

* graansilo
* meelsilo
* raketsilo

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Hindustani: silo

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.lo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

silo m (plural silos)
* silo (vertical building for storing grain)
* silo (underground missile facility)

### Further reading

* “silo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* lois

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* silos (proscribed)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.lo/
* Rhymes: -ilo
* Hyphenation: sì‧lo

### Noun

silo m (plural sili or silos)
* (agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
* (transferred sense, military) silo (underground missile facility)

### References

* silo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* liso, liso-, lisò, soli

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Spanish silo.

### Noun

silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloer, definite plural siloene)
* a silo

#### Derived terms

* kornsilo

### References

* “silo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Spanish silo.

### Noun

silo m (definite singular siloen, indefinite plural siloar, definite plural siloane)
* a silo

#### Derived terms

* kornsilo

### References

* “silo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish silo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.lu/
* Rhymes: -ilu
* Hyphenation: si‧lo

### Noun

silo m (plural silos)
* (agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
* (military) silo (underground missile facility)

### References

* ↑ “silo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “silo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

silo (Cyrillic spelling сило)
* vocative singular of sila

## Spanish
### Etymology

Of unclear origin. Perhaps from Latin sirum, the accusative form of sirus (“pit for corn, underground granary”) (compare Latin sīromastes (“pit-searcher”), from Ancient Greek σειρομάστης (seiromástēs)), from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós, “pit for holding grain”). Alternatively, perhaps from Basque zilo, zulo (“grain cellar”). If so, it is a doublet of zulo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsilo/ [ˈsi.lo]
* Rhymes: -ilo
* Syllabification: si‧lo

### Noun

silo m (plural silos)
* (agriculture, military) silo

#### Derived terms

* ensilar

#### Descendants

* → English: silo
* → French: silo
* → German: Silo
* → Portuguese: silo

#### See also

* cilla
* granero
* hórreo
* pósito
* troj

### Further reading

* “silo”, 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

## Swahili
### Verb

silo
* ji class$_{(V)}$ object of si-; that is not it
    Antonym: ndilo

### See also

| | | Singular | Plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | simi, siye | sio |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | siwe, siye | sinyi, sio |
| 3rd person | m-wa$_{(I/II)}$ | siye | sio |
| 3rd person | m-mi$_{(III/IV)}$ | sio | siyo |
| 3rd person | ji-ma$_{(V/VI)}$ | silo | siyo |
| 3rd person | ki-vi$_{(VII/VIII)}$ | sicho | sivyo |
| 3rd person | n$_{(IX/X)}$ | siyo | sizo |
| 3rd person | u$_{(XI)}$ | sio | see n$_{(X)}$ or ma$_{(VI)}$ |
| 3rd person | ku$_{(XV/XVII)}$ | siko | |
| 3rd person | pa$_{(XVI)}$ | sipo | |
| 3rd person | mu$_{(XVIII)}$ | simo | |
| For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns. ||||

## Swazi
### Noun

sílo class 7 (plural tílo class 8)
* lion

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Noun

silo c
* (agriculture) a silo
* (military) a silo

#### Declension
### References

* silo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* silo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* silo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsiloʔ/ [ˈsiː.loʔ]
* Rhymes: -iloʔ
* Syllabification: si‧lo

### Noun

silò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜓ)
* lasso; lariat; rope or cord with a running noose (for catching animals)
* noose at the end of a lariat
* act of catching an animal with a lariat
    Synonym: pagsilo
* (figurative) trick to catch an unsuspecting person; trap
    Synonyms: patibong, umang

#### Derived terms

* manilo
* pagsilo
* siluin
* sumilo

#### See also

* tambang

### Anagrams

* soli, liso

## Zulu
### Noun

silo class 7
* simple singular of isílo