fulcro

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin fulcrum (“bedpost; foot”), derived from fulciō (“I prop up, support; I strengthen, secure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.kro/
• Rhymes: -ulkro
• Hyphenation: fùl‧cro

fulcro m (plural fulcri)

1. (mechanics) fulcrum
2. (transferred sense, literal and figurative) pivot, crux, core, thrust

   il fulcro del problema ― the crux of the problem

3. (botany) the haustoria or other attacking organ of a parasitic plant

• fulcro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

fulcrō

1. dative/ablative singular of fulcrum

From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“to prop up, to support”).

fulcro m (plural fulcros)

1. fulcrum (the pivot about which a lever turns)

   Synonyms: sustentáculo, pivô, apoio

• fulcral

• alavanca

From Latin fulcrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfulkɾo/ [ˈful.kɾo]
• Rhymes: -ulkɾo
• Syllabification: ful‧cro

fulcro m (plural fulcros)

1. (physics) fulcrum

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