muco

See also: muco- and Muço

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūcus. Compare moccio, moccolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ko/
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: mù‧co

Noun

muco m (plural muchi)

1. mucus

Derived terms

• mucillagine
• mucina
• muciparo
• mucolitico
• mucopolisaccaride
• mucoproteina
• mucopus
• mucoso

Related terms

• bleno-
• mixo-
• moccio
• moccolo
• mucosa

Latin

Noun

mūcō

1. dative/ablative singular of mūcus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der.

Proto-Italic *moukos

Latin mucusbor.

Portuguese muco

Borrowed from Latin mucus. Doublet of monco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ku/

• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: mu‧co

Noun

muco m (plural mucos)

1. mucus (slippery or sticky secretion)

Related terms

• mucosidade

Further reading

• “muco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “muco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “muco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026