vico

See also: viĉo and viço

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicis. Doublet of fojo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvit͡so]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -it͡so
  • Hyphenation: vi‧co

Noun

vico (accusative singular vicon, plural vicoj, accusative plural vicojn)

  1. queue, line, file, row
  2. rank or position in a sequence or hierarchy
  3. turn
    Hodiaŭ estas via vico pretigi la vespermanĝon. ― Today it is your turn to prepare the dinner.
  • alviciĝi (“to join a line / queue; to follow”)
  • anservice (“single file”)
  • vice (“in a row”)
  • vici (“to wait in line”)
  • vicigi (“to line up”)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vico, from Proto-Oceanic *piso, variant of *pusoc (compare Hawaiian piko, Maori pito), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusəj (compare Ilocano puseg, Indonesian pusat, Malay pusat).

Noun

vico (plural vicovico)

  1. (anatomy) navel

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīcus,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village, household”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: vì‧co

Noun

vico m (plural vichi) (archaic, literary)

  1. village, hamlet
    Synonym: borgata
  2. district
    Synonym: contrada
  3. alley, lane
    Synonym: vicolo

Derived terms

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vīcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 420

Further reading
  • vico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

vīcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vīcus
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