fulcro
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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin fulcrum (“bedpost; foot”), derived from fulciō (“I prop up, support; I strengthen, secure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fulcro m (plural fulcri)
- (mechanics) fulcrum
- (transferred sense, literal and figurative) pivot, crux, core, thrust
- il fulcro del problema ― the crux of the problem
- (botany) the haustoria or other attacking organ of a parasitic plant
Further reading
- fulcro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
fulcrō
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“to prop up, to support”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fulcro m (plural fulcros)
- fulcrum (the pivot about which a lever turns)
- Synonyms: sustentáculo, pivô, apoio
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fulcro m (plural fulcros)
Further reading
- “fulcro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Classical Latin
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵ-
- Italian terms borrowed from Classical Latin
- Italian learned borrowings from Classical Latin
- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ulkro
- Rhymes:Italian/ulkro/2 syllables
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- it:Mechanics
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- it:Botany
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- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
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- pt:Mechanics
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ulkɾo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ulkɾo/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Physics