arcano

Galician

Etymology

From Latin arcānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkano/ [aɾˈkɑ.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧no

Adjective

arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)

1. arcane

Noun

arcano m (plural arcanos)

1. mystery

Italian

Etymology

From Latin arcānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈka.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ar‧cà‧no

Adjective

arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcani, feminine plural arcane)

1. arcane
2. eerie

Derived terms

• arcanamente

Noun

arcano m (plural arcani)

1. mystery

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Carano, anarco-, ancora, canora, racano

Latin

Adjective

arcānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of arcānus

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arcānus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.nu/ [ahˈkɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.nu/ [ahˈkɐ̃.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɐ̃.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.nu/ [aχˈkɐ̃.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈka.nu/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧no

Adjective

arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)

1. arcane (understood by only a few; obscure)

Further reading

• “arcano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “arcano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arcānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈkano/ [aɾˈka.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ar‧ca‧no

Adjective

arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)

1. arcane

Derived terms

• arcanidad

Noun

arcano m (plural arcanos)

1. mystery

   Synonym: misterio

Further reading

• “arcano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025