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arco

See also: arcò, arĉo, arco-, and Arco

English

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Etymology

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From Italian arco (“bow”). Doublet of arch and arc.

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arco (not comparable)

  1. (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.

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Chibcha

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish arco.

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Noun

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arco

  1. (architecture) arch

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  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Galician

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Arcos, Santa Mariña Dozo, Cambados, Galicia

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾko̝/
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Noun

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arco m (plural arcos)

  1. bow (weapon)
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 398:
      Et el tragía en sua mão hũ arco, en que nõ auj́a madeyra, mays era todo feyto de coyros cruus et de neruos engrudidos per grãde arte et per grã maestría
      He was carrying a bow in his hand, not made of wood, but completely made with crude hides and glued tendons, with great art and great mastery
  2. (geometry) arc
  3. (architecture) arch
  4. hoop (of a barrel)
  5. each one of the circles of a water wheel
  6. Moon's halo

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “arco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

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Noun

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arco m (plural archi)

  1. bow (weapon)
    tirare con l'arco ― to pull back a bow
  2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
    suonare con arco ― to play (music) with bow
  3. (geometry) arc
  4. (architecture) arch
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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Noun

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arco m (plural arcos)

  1. (geometry) arc
  2. arc, curve
    Synonym: curva
  3. (architecture) arch
  4. bow (weapon)
    Synonym: arco-e-flecha
  5. bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
  6. (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
  7. (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)
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weapon
  • (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino

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Verb

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arco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arcar

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arrow, arc, and arch.

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Noun

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arco m (plural arcos)

  1. bow (weapon)
    tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow
  2. (music) bow (rod for an instrument)
  3. (geometry) arc
  4. (storytelling, literature) arc
  5. (architecture) arch
  6. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)
    Synonym: portería

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