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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