gekko

gekko (plural gekkos or gekkoes)

1. Alternative spelling of gecko
   • 1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 7, in The Man with the Golden Gun:

     Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos.

Unclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛ.koː/
• Hyphenation: gek‧ko

gekko m (plural gekko's)

1. A gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota.

• hagedis

• → English: gecko (probably)

Learned borrowing from Dutch gekko.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡekːo/, [ˈɡe̞kːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ekːo
• Syllabification^(key): gek‧ko

gekko

1. gecko

From Malay gekok.

gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)

1. a gecko

• “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Malay gekok.

gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)

1. a gecko

• “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.