visco

See also: Visco and visco-

English

Etymology

Brand name, from polyviscose.

Noun

visco

  1. A kind of fuse used for consumer fireworks and to create delays between firings in firework displays.

Galician

Verb

visco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of viscar

Italian

Noun

visco m (plural vischi)

  1. (obsolete) bond, impediment

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

viscō

  1. dative/ablative singular of viscum

References

  • “visco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “visco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • visco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvis.ku/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvis.ko/
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
  • Hyphenation: vis‧co

Noun

visco m (plural viscos)

  1. alternative form of visgo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viscum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbisko/ [ˈbis.ko]
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: vis‧co
  • Homophone: (Latin America) bizco

Noun

visco m (plural viscos)

  1. birdlime

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “visco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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