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arc
English
Etymology
From Middle English ark, borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arch and arco.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: äk, IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) enPR: ärk, IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: ark
Noun
arc (plural arcs)
- (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. [from 14th c.]
- (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. [from 16th c.]
- A curve, in general. [from 17th c.]
- A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape. [from 17th c.]
- (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning. [from 19th c.]
- A story arc. [from 20th c.]
- (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
- (graph theory) A directed edge.
- (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
- (film) An arclight.
Synonyms
- (curve): curve, swoop
- (circular arc): circular arc, circle segment
- (directed edge): arrow, directed edge
Derived terms
- arcweld
- mercury arc rectifier
Translations
Verb
arc (third-person singular simple present arcs, present participle arcing or arcking, simple past and past participle arced or arcked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To move following a curved path.
- 2008, T. R. Elmore, Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1 (page 106)
- A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.
- 2008, T. R. Elmore, Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1 (page 106)
- (transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
- (intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
Related terms
- arch
Further reading
- arc in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arc in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arc at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- CAR, CRA, Car, RAC, RCA, acr-, car, rac-
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan arc, from Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o-.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?a?k/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?ark/
Noun
arc m (plural arcs)
- bow (weapon)
- (music) bow (used to play string instruments)
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Derived terms
- arc de Sant Martí
- arc de triomf
- arc iris
- arcada
- arcbotant
- arcar
- arquejar
- arquer
See also
- fletxa
Further reading
- “arc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “arc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“bow, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?k/
Noun
arc m (plural arcs)
- bow (weapon)
- arc (curve)
- (geometry) arc, circular arc, circle segment
- (architecture) arch
Derived terms
See also
- flèche f
- arche f
Anagrams
- car
Further reading
- “arc” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin arcus.
Noun
arc m (plural arcs)
- bow (weapon)
- (architecture) arch
Related terms
- arcâ
See also
- frece
Hungarian
Etymology
An archaic compound word of orr (“nose”) and száj (“mouth”), via Proto-Finno-Ugric elements. The original form of these two words was or and szá, the compound word orszá. Over time, the final vowel became short (orsza), the sz changed to c (orca), today a poetic or archaic version. The next change was the initial o to a (arca) which felt as a possessive form and later shortened to the current term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??rt?s]
- Rhymes: -?rt?s
Noun
arc (plural arcok)
- (anatomy) face
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- arc in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- arc in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??k/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish orc, arc (“piglet”).
Noun
arc m (genitive singular airc, nominative plural airc)
- piglet
- diminutive animal or person
Alternative forms
- earc
Synonyms
- arcachán
- arcadán
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun
arc m (genitive singular airc, nominative plural airc)
- (mathematics, geometry) arc
Derived terms
- arclampa (“arc-lamp”)
Etymology 3
Noun
arc m (genitive singular airc, nominative plural airc)
- Alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "arc" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 orc (‘young pig’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?k/
Noun
arc m (plural arcs)
- bow
- arch, arc
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin arcus.
Noun
arc m (oblique plural ars, nominative singular ars, nominative plural arc)
- bow (weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string)
- (architecture) arch
Coordinate terms
- (bow): saete
Descendants
- ? Middle English: ark, arke
- English: arc
- French: arc
Old High German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ark/
Adjective
arc
- Alternative form of arg
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o-.
Noun
arc n (plural arcuri)
- bow (a weapon)
- (architecture) arch
Declension
Noun
arc n (plural arce)
- (geometry) arc
Declension
Derived terms
- arcad?
- arcan
- arcatur?
- arca?
- arcui
- arcuibil
- arcuire
- arcuit
- arcuitur?
- arcule?
- arcu?
Related terms
- arcar
See also
- s?geat?
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arxk/
Noun
arc f
- Bee (apoidea).
- Wasp (vespidae).
- Impost, tax.
- "Femen."(sic)
References
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cove
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v
- (General American) IPA(key): /ko?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??v/
- Rhymes: -??v
- Homophone: Cobh
Etymology 1
From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kova. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".
Noun
cove (plural coves)
- (now uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]
- (architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling. [from 16th c.]
- A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]
- 1600, Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie
- secret coves and noukes
- 1600, Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie
- (US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
- A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship. [from 19th c.]
- (nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level. [from 19th c.]
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- (architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain
- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
- 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain
Etymology 2
Britain ante-1570. From Romani kodo (“this one, him”), perhaps change in consonants due to lower class th-fronting, or Romani kova (“that person”).
Noun
cove (plural coves)
- (Britain, dated, informal, thieves' cant) A fellow; a man.
- (Australia and Polari) A friend; a mate.
Synonyms
- (man): See Thesaurus:man
- (friend): See Thesaurus:friend
Antonyms
- (man): covess, mort (specific antonyms)
- (man): See Thesaurus:woman (general antonyms)
- (friend): See Thesaurus:enemy
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Compare French couver, Italian covare. See covey.
Verb
cove (third-person singular simple present coves, present participle coving, simple past and past participle coved)
- To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
Anagrams
- Voce
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cophinus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kóphinos, “basket”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?k?.v?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?k?.b?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?k?.ve/
Noun
cove m (plural coves)
- A large basket
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ko.ve/
- Hyphenation: có?ve
Noun
cove f
- plural of cova
Anagrams
- voce
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