orco

From Latin Orcus, orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).

orco m (plural orcos)

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

   Synonyms: orcelo, ouricela, escamenta, calquizo

• “orco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus, from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ko/, /ˈor.ko/[2]
• Rhymes: -ɔrko, -orko
• Hyphenation: òr‧co, ór‧co

orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)

1. ogre
2. orc

• -coro, coro, roco

orcō

1. dative/ablative singular of orcus

Nominalization of Orco, from Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogro.

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

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

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, 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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• “orco” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “orco” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “orco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “orco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “orco” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “orco” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos). Doublet of huerco.

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

orco m (plural orcos)

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

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

1. male orca, killer whale

• “orco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014