orco

See also: Orco and orço

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Orcus, orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).

Noun

orco m (plural orcos)

  1. hell
  2. ogre, orc
  3. 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)

  1. ogre
  2. orc

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

References
  1. Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion
  2. orco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

orcō

  1. 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)

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

Noun

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

  1. male orca, killer whale

Further reading
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