Orco

See also: orco and orço

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Orcus.

Proper noun

Orco m

1. Orcus

Etymology 2

From Latin Orgus.

Proper noun

Orco m

1. A river in Piedmont

Anagrams

• -coro, coro, roco

Latin

Proper noun

Orcō

1. dative/ablative singular of Orcus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Orcus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔh.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔh.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔχ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.ku/

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

Proper noun

Orco m

1. (Roman mythology) Orcus
2. (astronomy) Orcus

Derived terms

• orco

Further reading

• “orco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “Orco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.