bico

== Galician == === 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 Paleo-Hispanic; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbikʊ] === Noun === bico m (plural bicos) beak (traditional) Synonym: peteiro pout snout Synonyms: fociño, morro kiss (traditional) Synonyms: beixo, ósculo tip, peak Synonym: pico bite; blow chin Synonyms: barba, queixo spout Synonyms: biquela, cano, picho highest point (of a hill, stairways, etc) Synonyms: cima, cume ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== beizo === Verb === bico first-person singular present indicative of bicar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bico”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “biquo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bico”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Ido == === Alternative forms === bito === Etymology === Borrowed from English bit, French bit, German Bit, Italian bit, Russian бит (bit), Spanish bit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbit͡so/ === Noun === bico (plural bici) (neologism, mathematics, computing) bit (binary digit) ==== Usage notes ==== bico is used more often than bito, since bito is already a word, meaning "bitt" (nautical). Though, occasional usage of bito for the binary digit does occur. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iku Hyphenation: bi‧co === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak, small”), from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”). Possibly influenced by picar. Compare Spanish pico. ==== Noun ==== bico m (plural bicos) Anatomical structure: beak, bill (structure projecting from a bird's face) beak (chitinous structure that forms the jaw of cephalopods and turtles) snout (mouth of a dolphin) Synonym: nariz rostrum (beak-shaped projection of weevils) Synonyms: probóscide, rostro (by extension, figurative) poultry (figurative, colloquial) mouth (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob Synonyms: see Thesaurus:felação (figurative) tip (extreme end of an object) (figurative) teapot spout (Brazil, informal) toe kick; toe-poke (a kick with the toes) Synonyms: bicuda, bica, biqueirada (Brazil, colloquial) odd job Synonym: (Portugal) biscate (South Brazil) pacifier (Brazil) a type of crochet adornment Synonyms: barra, barrado ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== bico first-person singular present indicative of bicar === Etymology 2 === From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”). ==== Noun ==== bico m (plural bicos, feminine bicunim, feminine plural bicunins) (Buddhism) bhikkhu === Further reading === “bico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “bico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “bico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026