"orco" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔr.ko/, /ˈor.ko/ Forms: orchi [plural], orchessa [feminine]
Rhymes: -ɔrko, -orko Etymology: From Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), orcus. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|Orcus||god of the underworld}} Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=orchessa}} orco m (plural orchi, feminine orchessa)
  1. ogre Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-orco-it-noun-BBaCaFZp Categories (other): Fairy tale Disambiguation of Fairy tale: 72 28
  2. orc Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-orco-it-noun-hSRYLs4l Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 13 1 1 18 23 1 19 3 1 19 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈor.ko/"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "de",
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    },
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    }
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  ],
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        "òr",
        "co"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "ór",
        "co"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "ogre"
      ],
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        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre"
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      ],
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        [
          "orc",
          "orc"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈor.ko/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔrko"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-orko"
    }
  ],
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}

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