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arco

See also: arcò, arĉo, arco-, and Arco

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Adverb edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish arco.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

arco

  1. (architecture) arch

References edit

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

Galician edit

 
Arcos, Santa Mariña Dozo, Cambados, Galicia

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾko̝/
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Noun edit

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˈah.ku/

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

arco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arcar

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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 arc and arch.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾko/ [ˈaɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -aɾko
  • Syllabification: ar‧co

Noun edit

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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