arabesco

See also: arabescò

Italian

Etymology 1

From arabo +‎ -esco.

Noun

arabesco m (plural arabeschi)

1. arabesque

Derived terms

• arabescare

Descendants

• → Catalan: arabesc
• → French: arabesque (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: arabesco

Etymology 2

Verb

arabesco

1. first-person singular present indicative of arabescare

Further reading

• arabesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• scarabeo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈbes.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈbes.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈbeʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɾaˈbes.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɾɐˈbeʃ.ku/ [ɐ.ɾɐˈβeʃ.ku]

• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧bes‧co

Noun

arabesco m (plural arabescos)

1. arabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)

Further reading

• “arabesco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arabesco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arabesco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾaˈbesko/ [a.ɾaˈβ̞es.ko]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: a‧ra‧bes‧co

Noun

arabesco m (plural arabescos)

1. arabesque (ornamental design used in Islamic Art)

Further reading

• “arabesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025