arco

See also: arcò, arĉo, arco-, and Arco

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian, from arco (“bow”)

Adverb

arco (not comparable)

1. (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.

Anagrams

• AOCR, Caro, Cora, Roca, acro, acro-, ocra, orca

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Galician

Arcos, Santa Mariña Dozo, Cambados, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾko̝/

• Audio

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Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)
2. (geometry) arc
3. (architecture) arch
4. hoop (of a barrel)
5. each one of the circles of a water wheel
6. Moon's halo

Derived terms

• Arco
• arco da vella
• Arcos
• Fontarcade
• Fonte Arcada

References

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• “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

arco m (plural archi)

1. bow (weapon)

   tirare con l'arco ― to pull back a bow

2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments)

   suonare con arco ― to play (music) with bow

3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch

Related terms

• arcobaleno
• arcuare
• inarcare

 

See also

• freccia f (weaponry)
• balestra f (weaponry)
• archetto m (weaponry)
• arcata f (architecture)
• volta f (architecture)
• curva f (by extension)
• curvatura f (by extension)
• gamma f
• ventaglio m
• spettro m
• schieramento m (politics)
• corso m (figuratively)
• periodo m (figuratively)

Anagrams

• acro, caro, ocra, orca, roca

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɹ.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ko/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaχ.ku/
• IPA^(key): /ˈah.ku/

Noun

arco m (plural s)

1. (geometry) arc
2. arc, curve

   Synonym: curva

3. (architecture) arch
4. bow (weapon)

   Synonym: arco-e-flecha

5. bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)
6. (dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)
7. (ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)

Derived terms

• arco-da-velha
• arco-e-flecha
• arco-íris
• arcobotante

 

Related terms

• arcar
• arcaria
• arcatura
• arciforme
• arqueação
• arqueado
• arqueador
• arqueadura
• arqueamento
• arquear
• arquilho

 

weapon

• arqueiro
• balestra
• besta
• flecha

 

• (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino

Verb

arco

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

1. bow (a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows)

   tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow

2. (music) bow (a rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments)
3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch
5. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)

Derived terms

• arcada
• arco del cielo
• arco largo
• arcoíris
• arquear
• arquería
• arquero
• caballo con arcos
• tiro con arco

 

See also

• flecha

Further reading

• “arco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014