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4-letter words (3 found)

ACRO,ARCO,ORCA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ARC,CAR,COR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,ROC,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,OR,

You can make 13 words from arco according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of arco

arco raco acro caro rcao crao aroc raoc aorc oarc roac orac acor caor aocr oacr coar ocar rcoa croa roca orca cora ocra

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Definitions and meaning of arco

arco

Etymology

From Italian arco (“bow”). Doublet of arch and arc.

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, RAOC, Roca, acro, acro-, ocra, orca

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾko/

Noun

arco

  1. (architecture) arch

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾko̝/

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

  • “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “arco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “arco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “arco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.ko/
  • Rhymes: -arko
  • Hyphenation: àr‧co

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

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 (figurative)
  • periodo m (figurative)

Anagrams

  • acro, acro-, caro, ocra, orca, roca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˈah.ku/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

  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
Related terms
  • (rod used to play stringed instruments): violino

Etymology 2

Verb

arco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arcar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arcus (whence English archery), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). In some senses inherited, in others borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with English arc and arch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾko/ [ˈaɾ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -aɾko
  • Syllabification: ar‧co

Noun

arco m (plural arcos)

  1. bow (weapon)
    tirar con arco ― to shoot with a bow
  2. (music) bow (rod for an instrument)
  3. (geometry) arc
  4. (storytelling, literature) arc
  5. (architecture) arch
  6. (sports, Latin America) goal (structure)
    Synonym: portería

Derived terms

See also

  • flecha

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org