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.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • uisco

Etymology

    Inherited from Latin viscum.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈβisko/
    • Rhymes: -isko
    • Hyphenation: vis‧co

    Noun

    visco m (plural viscos)

    1. mistletoe
    2. birdlime
      • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 338 (facsimile), page 303v:
        Ondell auẽo uũ dia [] que cegou dambolꝯ ollꝯ / ⁊ foꝛonſſell apertando / como ſe foſſen apꝛeſos / con uiſco ou cõ betume []
        [Onde lh[e] avẽo uun dia [] que cegou d[e] ambo[s] los olhos / e foron-se-lhe apertando / come se fossen apresos / con visco ou con betume [] ]
        One day, it happened that he got blind of both eyes; and they got more and more closed, as if they were glued together with birdlime or bitumen.

    Descendants

    • Galician: visgo
    • Portuguese: visgo, visco

    References

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
     

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

    Noun

    visco m (plural viscos)

    1. alternative form of visgo

    Further reading

    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
    2. Parasenegalia visco

    References

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

    Further reading