visco

See also: Visco and visco-

English

Etymology

Brand name, from polyviscose.

Noun

visco

1. A kind of fuse used for consumer fireworks and to create delays between firings in firework displays.

Galician

Verb

visco

1. first-person singular present indicative of viscar

Italian

Noun

visco m (plural vischi)

1. (obsolete) bond, impediment

Anagrams

• scovi

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

viscō

1. dative/ablative singular of viscum

References

• “visco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “visco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “visco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• uisco

Etymology

Inherited from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈβisko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: vis‧co

Noun

visco m (plural viscos)

1. mistletoe
2. birdlime
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 338 (facsimile), page 303v:

     Ondell auẽo uũ dia […] que cegou dambolꝯ ollꝯ / ⁊ foꝛonſſell apertando / como ſe foſſen apꝛeſos / con uiſco ou cõ betume […]

     [Onde lh[e] avẽo uun dia […] que cegou d[e] ambo[s] los olhos / e foron-se-lhe apertando / come se fossen apresos / con visco ou con betume […] ]

     One day, it happened that he got blind of both eyes; and they got more and more closed, as if they were glued together with birdlime or bitumen.

Descendants

• Galician: visgo
• Portuguese: visgo, visco

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “visco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “visco”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “visco”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “visco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ko/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
• Hyphenation: vis‧co

Noun

visco m (plural viscos)

1. alternative form of visgo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbisko/ [ˈbis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: vis‧co
• Homophone: (Latin America) bizco

Noun

visco m (plural viscos)

1. birdlime
2. Parasenegalia visco

Further reading

• “visco”, 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