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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)
- glaucous (all senses)
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
glaucō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of glaucus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
glauco (feminine glauca, masculine plural glaucos, feminine plural glaucas, not comparable)
- glaucous (of a pale green colour with a bluish-grey tinge)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlauko/
- Rhymes: -auko
- Syllabification: glau‧co
Adjective
glauco (feminine glauca, masculine plural glaucos, feminine plural glaucas)
- (literary) glaucous; having a green colour
Noun
glauco m (plural glaucos)
- a sea slug of species Glaucus atlanticus
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