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English
Coregonus artedi
Etymology
From French ciscoette ( “ siscowet ” ) , from Ojibwe siscowet ( “ cooks itself ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
cisco (plural ciscos or ciscoes )
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. According to Josep Coromines, unlikely from Latin cinisculum , which could not explain Spanish cisco , which was attested first; perhaps from Proto-Celtic *sexskā ( “ rushes, sedge ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ( “ to cut ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈθisko̝/ , ( western ) /ˈsisko̝/
Noun
cisco m (plural ciscos )
brushwood ; little fragment of firewood
Synonyms: arume , frouma
chaff
coaldust ; soot
Synonym: feluxe
culm (coal)
( figurative ) disorder
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References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “cisco ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “cisco ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “cisco ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Brazil ) -isku , ( Portugal ) -iʃku
Hyphenation: cis‧co
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin cinisculum ( “ small amount of ash ” ) , a diminutive of cinis ( “ ashes ” ) .
Noun
cisco m (plural ciscos )
speck ( tiny particle )
Um cisco entrou no meu olho. A speck got into my eye.
Etymology 2
Verb
cisco
first-person singular present indicative of ciscar
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Of uncertain origin, but possibly derived from Latin ciccum ( “ worthless object ” ) .
Noun
cisco m (plural ciscos )
coaldust
culm
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Etymology 2
Verb
cisco
first-person singular present indicative of ciscar
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