unco
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ʌŋkəʊ
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Scots unco, shortening of uncouth.
==== Adjective ====
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
(Scotland) Strange, weird.
==== Adverb ====
unco (not comparable)
(Scotland, northern UK) Very.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From uncoordinated.
==== Adjective ====
unco (comparative more unco, superlative most unco)
(slang, New Zealand, Australia) Uncoordinated.
Synonym: unco-ordinated
===== Translations =====
=== Anagrams ===
Ucon, coun
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Unze, Polish uncja and Russian у́нция (úncija).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈunt͡so/
Rhymes: -unt͡so
Syllabification: un‧co
=== Noun ===
unco (accusative singular uncon, plural uncoj, accusative plural uncojn)
ounce
=== Further reading ===
“unco”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“unco”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== Latin ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Pronunciation ====
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊŋ.koː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋ.ko]
==== Verb ====
uncō (present infinitive uncāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
(intransitive, of bears) to growl
Synonym: seviō
===== Conjugation =====
No perfect is attested.
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
uncō
dative/ablative singular of uncus
=== References ===
“unco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“unco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
"uncare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
== Scots ==
=== Etymology ===
Shortening of uncouth.
=== Adjective ===
unco (comparative mair unco, superlative maist unco)
unknown, strange
unusual, odd
great
=== Adverb ===
unco
very
=== Noun ===
unco
Any strange person or thing; an oddity.
(in the plural) News.