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Galician
Etymology
From Latin arcānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈkano/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧no
Adjective
arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)
- arcane
Noun
arcano m (plural arcanos)
- 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)
- arcane
- eerie
Derived terms
Noun
arcano m (plural arcani)
- mystery
Further reading
- arcano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
arcānō
- 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
Adjective
arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)
- arcane (understood by only a few; obscure)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arcānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈkano/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: ar‧ca‧no
Adjective
arcano (feminine arcana, masculine plural arcanos, feminine plural arcanas)
- arcane
Derived terms
Noun
arcano m (plural arcanos)
- mystery
- Synonym: misterio
Further reading