flanco

Portuguese

Etymology

From French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible", "to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle High German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɐ̃.ku/

• Hyphenation: flan‧co

Noun

flanco m (plural flancos)

1. flank

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably specifically from Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible; slender”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”).

Akin to Old High German hlanca (“hip, flank, loin”), Middle High German hip, flank, loin, German Gelenk (“joint”), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflanko/ [ˈflãŋ.ko]

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• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: flan‧co

Noun

flanco m (plural flancos)

1. flank

Derived terms

• flanquear

 

Further reading

• “flanco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16