bico
Meaning
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- (masculine) beak
- (masculine) pout
- (masculine) snout
- (masculine) kiss
- (masculine) tip, peak
- (masculine) bite; blow
- (masculine) chin
- (masculine) spout
- (masculine) highest point (of a hill, stairways, etc)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbikʊ]
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese bico (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); either from Latin beccus from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak”) interfered by picar, or directly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”).
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New
bicar
- to kiss
- to chip by hitting a hard edge
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