fulcro

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Italian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin fulcrum (“bedpost; foot”), derived from fulciō (“I prop up, support; I strengthen, secure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful.kro/
  • Rhymes: -ulkro
  • Hyphenation: fùl‧cro

Noun

fulcro m (plural fulcri)

  1. (mechanics) fulcrum
  2. (transferred sense, literal and figurative) pivot, crux, core, thrust
    il fulcro del problema ― the crux of the problem
  3. (botany) the haustoria or other attacking organ of a parasitic plant

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

fulcrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of fulcrum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“to prop up, to support”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

fulcro m (plural fulcros)

  1. fulcrum (the pivot about which a lever turns)
    Synonyms: sustentáculo, pivô, apoio

Derived terms

Spanish

fulcro

Etymology

From Latin fulcrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

fulcro m (plural fulcros)

  1. (physics) fulcrum

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