orco
See also: Orco and orço
Galician
Etymology
From Latin Orcus, orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).
Noun
orco m (plural orcos)
- hell
- ogre, orc
- lichen (symbiotic organism)
- Synonyms: orcelo, ouricela, escamenta, calquizo
References
- “orco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔr.ko/, /ˈor.ko/[2]
- Rhymes: -ɔrko, -orko
- Hyphenation: òr‧co, ór‧co
Noun
orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)
- ogre
- orc
Descendants
- → Bavarian: Orke (Tyrol)
- → Cimbrian: orko
- → English: orc (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Ork, Orke, Org
- → Luxembourgish: Ork
- → Mòcheno: ork
References
- Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion
- orco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- -coro, coro, roco
Latin
Noun
orcō
- dative/ablative singular of orcus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos). Doublet of huerco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoɾko/ [ˈoɾ.ko]
- Rhymes: -oɾko
- Syllabification: or‧co
Noun
orco m (plural orcos)
- Orcus
- (poetic) hell
- (fantasy, folklore) orc
Noun
orco m (plural orcos, feminine orca, feminine plural orcas)
- male orca, killer whale
Further reading
- “orco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014