obelisco

Interlingua

Noun

obelisco (plural obeliscos)

1. obelisk

Italian

Etymology

From Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.beˈli.sko/
• Rhymes: -isko
• Hyphenation: o‧be‧lì‧sco

Noun

obelisco m (plural obelischi)

1. obelisk

Latin

Noun

obeliscō

1. dative/ablative singular of obeliscus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.beˈliʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.beˈlis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bɨˈliʃ.ku/ [ɔ.βɨˈliʃ.ku]

• Hyphenation: o‧be‧lis‧co

Noun

obelisco m (plural obeliscos)

1. obelisk (a tall stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Spanish

obelisco

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obeliscus, from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).

Noun

obelisco m (plural obeliscos)

1. obelisk

Further reading

• “obelisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10