visco

See also: Visco and visco-

English

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Visco fuse

Wikipedia

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

• scovi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯is.koː/, [ˈu̯ɪs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvis.ko/, [ˈvisko]

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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ku/

• 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

Further reading

• “visco”, 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