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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bisˈkoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Hyphenation: vis‧co‧so
Adjective
viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas)
- viscous
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viˈsko.zo/, (traditional) /viˈsko.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: vi‧scó‧so
Adjective
viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosi, feminine plural viscose)
- viscous
Derived terms
Further reading
- viscoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- viscoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- viscóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- viscóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
viscōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of viscōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum. By surface analysis, visco + -oso.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: vis‧co‧so
Adjective
viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas, comparable, comparative mais viscoso, superlative o mais viscoso or viscosíssimo, metaphonic)
- viscous
- Synonyms: gosmento, melecado
Derived terms
Further reading
- “viscoso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “viscoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “viscoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “viscoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “viscoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “viscoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bisˈkoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: vis‧co‧so
Adjective
viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas)
- viscous, gooey
- slimy
Derived terms
Further reading