obelisco

obelisco (plural obeliscos)

1. obelisk

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

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

obelisco m (plural obelischi)

1. obelisk

obeliscō

1. dative/ablative singular of obeliscus

• Hyphenation: o‧be‧lis‧co

obelisco m (plural obeliscos)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /obeˈlisko/ [o.β̞eˈlis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: o‧be‧lis‧co

obelisco m (plural obeliscos)

1. obelisk

• “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], 10 December 2024