fulcro
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin fulcrum (“bedpost; foot”), derived from fulciō (“I prop up, support; I strengthen, secure”).
Pronunciation edit
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fulcro m (plural fulcri)
- (mechanics) fulcrum
- (transferred sense, literal and figurative) pivot, crux, core, thrust
- il fulcro del problema ― the crux of the problem
- (botany) the haustoria or other attacking organ of a parasitic plant
Further reading edit
- fulcro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Noun edit
fulcrō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“to prop up, to support”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulcro m (plural fulcros)
- fulcrum (the pivot about which a lever turns)
- Synonyms: sustentáculo, pivô, apoio
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulcro m (plural fulcros)
Further reading edit
- “fulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014