glauco

See also: Glauco

Italian

Etymology

From Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaw.ko/, /ˈɡla.u.ko/
• Rhymes: -awko, -auko
• Hyphenation: glàu‧co, glà‧u‧co

Adjective

glauco (feminine glauca, masculine plural glauchi, feminine plural glauche)

1. glaucous (all senses)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫau̯.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlaːu̯.ko]

Adjective

glaucō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of glaucus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaw.ku/ [ˈɡlaʊ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaw.ku/ [ˈɡlaʊ̯.ku]
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaw.ko/ [ˈɡlaʊ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaw.ku/

• Homophone: Glauco
• Rhymes: -awku

Adjective

glauco (feminine glauca, masculine plural glaucos, feminine plural glaucas, not comparable)

1. glaucous (of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge)

Related terms

• glaucoma

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlauko/ [ˈɡlau̯.ko]
• Rhymes: -auko
• Syllabification: glau‧co

Adjective

glauco (feminine glauca, masculine plural glaucos, feminine plural glaucas)

1. (literary) glaucous; having a green colour

Noun

glauco m (plural glaucos)

1. a sea slug of species Glaucus atlanticus

Further reading

• “glauco”, 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