orco

See also: Orco and orço

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus.

Noun

orco m (plural orcos)

1. hell
2. ogre, orc
3. lichen (symbiotic organism)

   Synonyms: orcelo, ouricela, escamenta, calquizo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “orco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ko/, /ˈor.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔrko, -orko
• Hyphenation: òr‧co, ór‧co

Noun

orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)

1. ogre
2. orc

Descendants

• → Bavarian: Orke (Tyrol)
• → Cimbrian: orko
• → English: orc (see there for further descendants)
• → German: Ork, Orke, Org
• → Luxembourgish: Ork
• → Mòcheno: ork

Anagrams

• -coro, coro, roco

Latin

Noun

orcō

1. dative/ablative singular of orcus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Orco, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”). Doublet of ogro and orc.

The sense of mythological creature is a semantic loan from English orc.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔh.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔh.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʁ.ku/ [ˈɔχ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɻ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾku, (Brazil) -ɔʁku
• Hyphenation: or‧co

Noun

orco m (plural orcos)

1. (poetic, literary) hell; underworld
2. (fantasy, mythology) orc

   Synonym: orc

   • 2007 July 7, Marcelo Rodrigues et al., “Raças Selvagens” (chapter 6.4), in Tagmar II – Livro de Criaturas‎^[1], 2.2.0 edition, Projeto Tagmar 2, archived from the original on 2024-02-09, page 41, column 1:

     Orcos são seres de aparência humana, porém incrivelmente feios, com braços grandes, corpo peludo, rosto deformado, dentes caninos inferiores protuberantes e ligeiramente corcundas.

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Further reading

• “orco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “orco”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “orco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “orco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “orco”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “orco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus. Doublet of huerco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾko/ [ˈoɾ.ko]
• Rhymes: -oɾko
• Syllabification: or‧co

Noun

orco m (plural orcos)

1. Orcus
2. (poetic) hell
3. (fantasy, folklore) orc

Noun

orco m (plural orcos, feminine orca, feminine plural orcas)

1. male orca, killer whale

Further reading

• “orco”, 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