"arco" meaning in Italian

See arco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈar.ko/ Forms: archi [plural]
Rhymes: -arko Etymology: From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|arcus}} Latin arcus, {{der|it|ine-pro|*h₂erkʷo-|t=bow, arrow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} arco m (plural archi)
  1. bow (weapon) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-arco-it-noun-mT6VxyaR Categories (other): Archery Disambiguation of Archery: 35 32 7 26
  2. (music) bow (used to play string instruments) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-arco-it-noun-FTp-ww6Q Categories (other): Music, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Archery, Weapons Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 2 63 16 19 Disambiguation of Archery: 35 32 7 26 Disambiguation of Weapons: 34 44 3 19 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (geometry) arc Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-arco-it-noun-QE~Ps5TS Categories (other): Geometry, Graph theory Disambiguation of Graph theory: 8 9 61 22 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  4. (architecture) arch Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-arco-it-noun-iQyr4nET Categories (other): Architecture, Archery Disambiguation of Archery: 35 32 7 26 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: archettaio, arcobaleno, arcuare, inarcare, freccia [feminine] [weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], balestra [feminine] [weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], archetto [masculine] [weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], arcata [feminine] [architecture], volta [feminine] [architecture], curva [broadly, feminine], curvatura [broadly, feminine], gamma [feminine], ventaglio [masculine], spettro [masculine], schieramento [masculine] [politics, government], corso [figuratively, masculine], periodo [figuratively, masculine]

Inflected forms

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}

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