vico

See also: Vico, viço, and viĉo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Latin vicisbor.

Esperanto vico

Borrowed from Latin vicis. Doublet of fojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit͡so/

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• Rhymes: -it͡so
• Syllabification: vi‧co

Noun

vico (accusative singular vicon, plural vicoj, accusative plural vicojn)

1. queue, line, file, row
2. rank or position in a sequence or hierarchy
3. turn

   Hodiaŭ estas via vico pretigi la vespermanĝon. ― Today it is your turn to prepare the dinner.

Related terms

• alviciĝi (“to join a line / queue; to follow”)
• anservice (“single file”)
• vice (“in a row”)
• vici (“to wait in line”)
• vicigi (“to line up”)

Fijian

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Noun

vico

1. several species of large grass, especially Saccharum maximum

   Era tamusuka na vico me biu.

   They cut the vico grass for thatching.

2. (by extension) the edible fruit of such grass

   Da kania na vua ni vico.

   Let's eat the vico fruit.

Usage notes

• The small fruit is eaten as a bush food, similar to duruka (“Fijian asparagus”).
• Leaves are commonly used as thatching material for traditional houses.
• Totemic plant of some Waimaro highland people and iconic name for some people of Dravo, Tailevu.

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “vico”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 299

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: vì‧co

Noun

vico m (plural vichi) (archaic, literary)

1. village, hamlet

   Synonym: borgata

2. district

   Synonym: contrada

3. alley, lane

   Synonym: vicolo

Derived terms

• vicoletto

Related terms

• vicino
• vicolo

Further reading

• vico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• vico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• covi, voci

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.ko]

Noun

vīcō

1. dative/ablative singular of vīcus (“row of houses; street; village”)