orco

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See also: Orco and orço

Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin Orcus (god of the underworld), orcus.

Noun

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orco m (plural orcos)

  1. hell
  2. ogre, orc
  3. lichen (symbiotic organism)
    Synonyms: orcelo, ouricela, escamenta, calquizo

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin Orcus (god of the underworld), orcus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)

  1. ogre
  2. orc

Descendants

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  • Bavarian: Orke (Tyrol)
  • Cimbrian: orko
  • English: orc (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Ork, Orke, Org
  • Luxembourgish: Ork
  • Mòcheno: ork

References

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  1. ^ orco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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orcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of orcus

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Orco, from Latin Orcus (god of the underworld). Doublet of ogro and orc.

The sense of mythological creature is a semantic loan from English orc.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾku, (Brazil) -ɔʁku
  • Hyphenation: or‧co

Noun

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orco m (plural orcos)

  1. (poetic, literary) hell; underworld
  2. (fantasy, mythology) orc
    Synonym: orc
    • 2007 July 7, Marcelo Rodrigues et al., “Raças Selvagens” (chapter 6.4), in Tagmar II – Livro de Criaturas[1], 2.2.0 edition, Projeto Tagmar 2, archived from the original on 2024-02-09, page 41, column 1:
      Orcos são seres de aparência humana, porém incrivelmente feios, com braços grandes, corpo peludo, rosto deformado, dentes caninos inferiores protuberantes e ligeiramente corcundas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Orcus (god of the underworld), orcus. Doublet of huerco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoɾko/ [ˈoɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -oɾko
  • Syllabification: or‧co

Noun

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orco m (plural orcos)

  1. Orcus
  2. (poetic) hell
  3. (fantasy, folklore) orc

Noun

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orco m (plural orcos, feminine orca, feminine plural orcas)

  1. male orca, killer whale

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