rouco

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin raucus. Compare Portuguese rouco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrowkʊ]

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

  1. hoarse, raucous, husky
  2. gravelly (of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping)
    Synonym: cavernoso

Derived terms

References
  • “rouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “rouc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “rouco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rouco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “rouco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rouco, from Latin raucus. Compare Galician rouco.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).ku/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯).ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w).ko/ [ˈho(ʊ̯).ko]
 

  • Rhymes: -owku, -oku
  • Hyphenation: rou‧co

Adjective

rouco (feminine rouca, masculine plural roucos, feminine plural roucas)

  1. hoarse, husky
  2. raucous
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