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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catalan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catalan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Catalan</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Catalan subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-French" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#French"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>French</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-French-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle French subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-French-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Friulian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Friulian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Friulian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Friulian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Friulian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Friulian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Related_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hungarian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hungarian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Hungarian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Hungarian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Hungarian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Hungarian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Irish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Irish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Irish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Irish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Synonyms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Synonyms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1.2</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_3_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Etymology 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declension_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mutation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mutation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Mutation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mutation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Occitan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Occitan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Occitan</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Occitan-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Occitan subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Occitan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Old_French" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Old_French"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Old French</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Old_French-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Old French subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Old_French-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Coordinate_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coordinate_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.1</span> <span>Coordinate terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coordinate_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2.2</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Old_High_German" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Old_High_German"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Old High German</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Old_High_German-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Old High German subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Old_High_German-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Romanian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Romanian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Romanian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Romanian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Romanian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Romanian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.3</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scottish_Gaelic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scottish_Gaelic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Scottish Gaelic</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Scottish_Gaelic-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Scottish Gaelic subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Scottish_Gaelic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Welsh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Welsh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Welsh</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Welsh-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Welsh subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Welsh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" 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hreflang="ms" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" title="arc – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="arc" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="mul">arc</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_standard" class="extiw" title="w:International standard">international standards</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-2">ISO 639-2</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a> <a href="/wiki/language_code" title="language code">language code</a> for </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639:arc" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639:arc"><b>Aramaic</b></a><i>.</i></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Aramaic_language" title="Category:Aramaic language">Wiktionary’s coverage of Aramaic terms</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/60px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" 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.interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Circle_slices_(mul).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg/220px-Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg/330px-Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg/440px-Circle_slices_%28mul%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="148" /></a><figcaption>A geometric arc, upper right.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg/250px-Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg/330px-Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg/500px-Lichtbogen_3000_Volt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>An electric arc between two nails.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ark#Middle_English" title="ark">ark</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">arc</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a bow, arc, arch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82erk%CA%B7os&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erkʷos (page does not exist)">*h₂erkʷos</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a>, <a href="/wiki/arrow" title="arrow">arrow</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arch#English" title="arch">arch</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arco#English" title="arco">arco</a></i><span class="serial-comma">,</span><span class="serial-and"> and</span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arrow#English" title="arrow">arrow</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">äk</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɑːk/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">ärk</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɑɹk/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-arc.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-us-arc.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-us-arc.ogg/En-us-arc.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-arc.ogg" title="File:en-us-arc.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%91%CB%90(%C9%B9)k" title="Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k"><span class="IPA">-ɑː(ɹ)k</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ark#English" title="ark">ark</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">arc</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcs#English" title="arcs">arcs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/astronomy" title="astronomy">astronomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> That part of a <a href="/wiki/circle" title="circle">circle</a> which a <a href="/wiki/heavenly_body" title="heavenly body">heavenly body</a> appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. <span class="defdate">[from 14th c.]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A continuous part of the <a href="/wiki/circumference" title="circumference">circumference</a> of a circle (<a href="/wiki/circular_arc" title="circular arc">circular arc</a>) or of another curve. <span class="defdate">[from 16th c.]</span></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/curve" title="curve">curve</a>, in general. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span></li> <li>A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">electrics</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/flow" title="flow">flow</a> of <a href="/wiki/current" title="current">current</a> across an <a href="/wiki/insulating" title="insulating">insulating</a> medium; especially a <a href="/wiki/hot" title="hot">hot</a>, <a href="/wiki/luminous" title="luminous">luminous</a> <a href="/wiki/discharge" title="discharge">discharge</a> between either two <a href="/wiki/electrode" title="electrode">electrodes</a> or as <a href="/wiki/lightning" title="lightning">lightning</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 19th c.]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/narratology" title="narratology">narratology</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/story_arc" title="story arc">story arc</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 20th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2015</b> February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, in <cite>The Atlantic</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/a-story-that-could-only-be-told-online/385895/">[2]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form of <b>arcs</b>, <i>Homestuck</i> is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/continuous" title="continuous">continuous</a> <a href="/wiki/mapping" title="mapping">mapping</a> from a <a href="/wiki/real" title="real">real</a> <a href="/wiki/interval" title="interval">interval</a> (typically [0, 1]) into a <a href="/wiki/space" title="space">space</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/graph_theory" title="graph theory">graph theory</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/directed_edge" title="directed edge">directed edge</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/basketball" title="basketball">basketball</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/three-point_line" title="three-point line">three-point line</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/film#Noun" title="film">film</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/arclight" title="arclight">arclight</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2012</b></span>, Kris Malkiewicz, <cite>Film Lighting</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For all practical purposes the old carbon <b>arcs</b>, which were the backbone of film lighting, are no longer used.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">curve</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/curve#English" title="curve">curve</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/swoop#English" title="swoop">swoop</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">circular arc</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/circular_arc#English" title="circular arc">circular arc</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/circle_segment#English" title="circle segment">circle segment</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">directed edge</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arrow#English" title="arrow">arrow</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/directed_edge#English" title="directed edge">directed edge</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_blast#English" title="arc blast">arc blast</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-boutant#English" title="arc-boutant">arc-boutant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-connected#English" title="arc-connected">arc-connected</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_converter#English" title="arc converter">arc converter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_cosecant#English" title="arc cosecant">arc cosecant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_cosine#English" title="arc cosine">arc cosine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_cotangent#English" title="arc cotangent">arc cotangent</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcdegree#English" title="arcdegree">arcdegree</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_elasticity#English" title="arc elasticity">arc elasticity</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc_eye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arc eye (page does not exist)">arc eye</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_fault#English" title="arc fault">arc fault</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-fault_circuit_interrupter#English" title="arc-fault circuit interrupter">arc-fault circuit interrupter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_flash#English" title="arc flash">arc flash</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-form_pearly_mussel#English" title="arc-form pearly mussel">arc-form pearly mussel</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-hyperbolic_function#English" title="arc-hyperbolic function">arc-hyperbolic function</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcjet#English" title="arcjet">arcjet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_lamp#English" title="arc lamp">arc lamp</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-lamp#English" title="arc-lamp">arc-lamp</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arclength#English" title="arclength">arclength</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arclet#English" title="arclet">arclet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_light#English" title="arc light">arc light</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arclike#English" title="arclike">arclike</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcminute#English" title="arcminute">arcminute</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_minute#English" title="arc minute">arc minute</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcover#English" title="arcover">arcover</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-over#English" title="arc-over">arc-over</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_resistance#English" title="arc resistance">arc resistance</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_secant#English" title="arc secant">arc secant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_second#English" title="arc second">arc second</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc-second#English" title="arc-second">arc-second</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcsecond#English" title="arcsecond">arcsecond</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_spring#English" title="arc spring">arc spring</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_transmitter#English" title="arc transmitter">arc transmitter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcual#English" title="arcual">arcual</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcweld#English" title="arcweld">arcweld</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_weld#English" title="arc weld">arc weld</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_welder#English" title="arc welder">arc welder</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_welder%27s_disease#English" title="arc welder's disease">arc welder's disease</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_welding#English" title="arc welding">arc welding</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/backarc#English" title="backarc">backarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/behind_the_arc#English" title="behind the arc">behind the arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/biarc#English" title="biarc">biarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/carbon_arc#English" title="carbon arc">carbon arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/character_arc#English" title="character arc">character arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/circumhorizontal_arc#English" title="circumhorizontal arc">circumhorizontal arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/diurnal_arc#English" title="diurnal arc">diurnal arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/electric_arc#English" title="electric arc">electric arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/electric_arc_furnace#English" title="electric arc furnace">electric arc furnace</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/forearc#English" title="forearc">forearc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/great-circle_arc#English" title="great-circle arc">great-circle arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/great_circle_arc#English" title="great circle arc">great circle arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hyperarc#English" title="hyperarc">hyperarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/island_arc#English" title="island arc">island arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mercury_arc_rectifier#English" title="mercury arc rectifier">mercury arc rectifier</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/minute_of_arc#English" title="minute of arc">minute of arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/multiarc#English" title="multiarc">multiarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nocturnal_arc#English" title="nocturnal arc">nocturnal arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/oxyarc#English" title="oxyarc">oxyarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/penalty_arc#English" title="penalty arc">penalty arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Poulsen_arc#English" title="Poulsen arc">Poulsen arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/redemption_arc#English" title="redemption arc">redemption arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/redemptive_arc#English" title="redemptive arc">redemptive arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reflex_arc#English" title="reflex arc">reflex arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/second_of_arc#English" title="second of arc">second of arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/semiarc#English" title="semiarc">semiarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/subarc#English" title="subarc">subarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/subhelic_arc#English" title="subhelic arc">subhelic arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/tropical_arc#English" title="tropical arc">tropical arc</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Irish">arc</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/ark#Maltese" title="ark">ark</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Welsh">arc</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-geometry:_part_of_a_curve"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">geometry: part of a curve</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="geometry: part of a curve"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3#Arabic" title="قوس">قَوْس</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3" class="extiw" title="ar:قوس">(ar)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">qaws</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%86%D9%89#Arabic" title="منحنى">مُنْحَنَى</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">munḥanā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%B2#Armenian" title="աղեղ">աղեղ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%B2" class="extiw" title="hy:աղեղ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">aġeġ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/q%C3%B6vs#Azerbaijani" title="qövs">qövs</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/q%C3%B6vs" class="extiw" title="az:qövs">(az)</a></span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">arc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" class="extiw" title="ca:arc">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BC%A7#Mandarin" title="弧">弧</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A7" class="extiw" title="zh:弧">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">hú</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/oblouk#Czech" title="oblouk">oblouk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/oblouk" class="extiw" title="cs:oblouk">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/bue#Danish" title="bue">bue</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/boog#Dutch" title="boog">boog</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/boog" class="extiw" title="nl:boog">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/arko#Esperanto" title="arko">arko</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kaari#Finnish" title="kaari">kaari</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaari" class="extiw" title="fi:kaari">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_courbe#French" title="arc de courbe">arc de courbe</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/arco#Galician" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="gl:arco">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bogen#German" title="Bogen">Bogen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bogen" class="extiw" title="de:Bogen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arkus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arkus (page does not exist)">Arkus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kreisbogen#German" title="Kreisbogen">Kreisbogen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kreisbogen" class="extiw" title="de:Kreisbogen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hawaiian: <span class="Latn" lang="haw"><a href="/wiki/kaula#Hawaiian" title="kaula">kaula</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%ADv#Hungarian" title="ív">ív</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%ADv" class="extiw" title="hu:ív">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%B6r%C3%ADv#Hungarian" title="körív">körív</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%B6r%C3%ADv" class="extiw" title="hu:körív">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/arko#Ido" title="arko">arko</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/arko" class="extiw" title="io:arko">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Irish">arc</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/arco#Italian" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="it:arco">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%86%86%E5%BC%A7#Japanese" title="円弧">円弧</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%86%E5%BC%A7" class="extiw" title="ja:円弧">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">えんこ, enko</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%9B%90%ED%98%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="원호 (page does not exist)">원호</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9B%90%ED%98%B8" class="extiw" title="ko:원호">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">wonho</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/arcus" class="extiw" title="la:arcus">(la)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/lengkung#Malay" title="lengkung">lengkung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/lengkung" class="extiw" title="ms:lengkung">(ms)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lengkuk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lengkuk (page does not exist)">lengkuk</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lengkok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lengkok (page does not exist)">lengkok</a></span></li> <li>Malayalam: <span class="Mlym" lang="ml"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%82#Malayalam" title="ചാപം">ചാപം</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%82" class="extiw" title="ml:ചാപം">(ml)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ml-Latn" class="tr Latn">cāpaṁ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/pewa#Maori" title="pewa">pewa</a></span></li> <li>Navajo: <span class="Latn" lang="nv"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%A1zhah#Navajo" title="názhah">názhah</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/bue#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="bue">bue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/bue" class="extiw" title="no:bue">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/boge#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="boge">boge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/boge#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="boge">boge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86#Persian" title="کمان">کمان</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:کمان">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">kamân</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/%C5%82uk#Polish" title="łuk">łuk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%82uk" class="extiw" title="pl:łuk">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/arco#Portuguese" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="pt:arco">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">arc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" class="extiw" title="ro:arc">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0#Russian" title="дуга">дуга́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:дуга">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">dugá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="арка">а́рка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:арка">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">árka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/arco#Spanish" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="es:arco">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kurva#Swedish" title="kurva">kurva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kurva" class="extiw" title="sv:kurva">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A5ge#Swedish" title="båge">båge</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A5ge" class="extiw" title="sv:båge">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/bantok#Tagalog" title="bantok">bantok</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/yay#Turkish" title="yay">yay</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/yay" class="extiw" title="tr:yay">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/kavis#Turkish" title="kavis">kavis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kavis" class="extiw" title="tr:kavis">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=v%C3%B2ng_cung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vòng cung (page does not exist)">vòng cung</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-curve"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">curve</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="curve"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%B2#Armenian" title="աղեղ">աղեղ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%B2" class="extiw" title="hy:աղեղ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">aġeġ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%8A%D0%B3%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="дъга">дъга</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%8A%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:дъга">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">dǎga</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BC%A7%E5%BD%A2#Mandarin" title="弧形">弧形</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A7%E5%BD%A2" class="extiw" title="zh:弧形">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">húxíng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/oblouk#Czech" title="oblouk">oblouk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/oblouk" class="extiw" title="cs:oblouk">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/boog#Dutch" title="boog">boog</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/boog" class="extiw" title="nl:boog">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/arko#Esperanto" title="arko">arko</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kaari#Finnish" title="kaari">kaari</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaari" class="extiw" title="fi:kaari">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">arc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" class="extiw" title="fr:arc">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/curva#Galician" title="curva">curva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/curva" class="extiw" title="gl:curva">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bogen#German" title="Bogen">Bogen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bogen" class="extiw" title="de:Bogen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kurve#German" title="Kurve">Kurve</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kurve" class="extiw" title="de:Kurve">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%ADv#Hungarian" title="ív">ív</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%ADv" class="extiw" title="hu:ív">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/arko#Ido" title="arko">arko</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/arko" class="extiw" title="io:arko">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/arco#Italian" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="it:arco">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BC%A7#Japanese" title="弧">弧</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A7" class="extiw" title="ja:弧">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">こ, ko</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/arcus" class="extiw" title="la:arcus">(la)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/wiki/pewa#Maori" title="pewa">pewa</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C4%81whana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tāwhana (page does not exist)">tāwhana</a></span></li> <li>Navajo: <span class="Latn" lang="nv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ah%C3%A9%C3%A9%CA%BC%C3%ADdzoh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ahééʼídzoh (page does not exist)">ahééʼídzoh</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/bue#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="bue">bue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/bue" class="extiw" title="no:bue">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/boge#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="boge">boge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=krumming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="krumming (page does not exist)">krumming</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/krumming" class="extiw" title="no:krumming">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/krumning#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="krumning">krumning</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/krumning" class="extiw" title="no:krumning">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/kurve#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="kurve">kurve</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/kurve" class="extiw" title="no:kurve">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/boge#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="boge">boge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=krumming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="krumming (page does not exist)">krumming</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/kurve#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="kurve">kurve</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%85#Persian" title="خم">خم</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%85" class="extiw" title="fa:خم">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">xam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86#Persian" title="کمان">کمان</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:کمان">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">kamân</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/curva#Portuguese" title="curva">curva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/curva" class="extiw" title="pt:curva">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Quechua: <span class="Latn" lang="qu"><a href="/wiki/q%27iwi#Quechua" title="q'iwi">q'iwi</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">arc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" class="extiw" title="ro:arc">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0#Russian" title="дуга">дуга́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:дуга">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">dugá</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=obl%C3%BAk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oblúk (page does not exist)">oblúk</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/curva#Spanish" title="curva">curva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/curva" class="extiw" title="es:curva">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kurva#Swedish" title="kurva">kurva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kurva" class="extiw" title="sv:kurva">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A5ge#Swedish" title="båge">båge</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A5ge" class="extiw" title="sv:båge">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/bantok#Tagalog" title="bantok">bantok</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/kavis#Turkish" title="kavis">kavis</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kavis" class="extiw" title="tr:kavis">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/e%C4%9Fri#Turkish" title="eğri">eğri</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/e%C4%9Fri" class="extiw" title="tr:eğri">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-electric_discharge"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">electric discharge</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="electric discharge"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/valokaari#Finnish" title="valokaari">valokaari</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/valokaari" class="extiw" title="fi:valokaari">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">arc</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/arc" class="extiw" title="fr:arc">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Lichtbogen#German" title="Lichtbogen">Lichtbogen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lichtbogen" class="extiw" title="de:Lichtbogen">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%ADv#Hungarian" title="ív">ív</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%ADv" class="extiw" title="hu:ív">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%ADvkis%C3%BCl%C3%A9s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ívkisülés (page does not exist)">ívkisülés</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/arko#Ido" title="arko">arko</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/arko" class="extiw" title="io:arko">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF#Japanese" title="アーク">アーク</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" class="extiw" title="ja:アーク">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">アーク, āku</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E6%94%BE%E9%9B%BB#Japanese" title="アーク放電">アーク放電</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E6%94%BE%E9%9B%BB" class="extiw" title="ja:アーク放電">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">アークほうでん, āku hōden</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/arka#Malay" title="arka">arka</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lysbue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lysbue (page does not exist)">lysbue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/lysbue" class="extiw" title="no:lysbue">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ljosboge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ljosboge (page does not exist)">ljosboge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lysboge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lysboge (page does not exist)">lysboge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3#Persian" title="قوس">قوس</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3" class="extiw" title="fa:قوس">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">qows</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/arco#Portuguese" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="pt:arco">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/arco#Spanish" title="arco">arco</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/arco" class="extiw" title="es:arco">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/ark#Turkish" title="ark">ark</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ark" class="extiw" title="tr:ark">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-mathematics:_mapping"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">mathematics: mapping</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="mathematics: mapping"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%A4yr%C3%A4#Finnish" title="käyrä">käyrä</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%A4yr%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:käyrä">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/arko#Ido" title="arko">arko</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/arko" class="extiw" title="io:arko">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Irish">arc</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/curva#Italian" title="curva">curva</a> in forma <a href="/wiki/parametrica#Italian" title="parametrica">parametrica</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/kurva#Swedish" title="kurva">kurva</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kurva" class="extiw" title="sv:kurva">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-directed_edge"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">directed edge <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/directed_edge#Translations" title="directed edge">directed edge</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">arc</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcs#English" title="arcs">arcs</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcing#English" title="arcing">arcing</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcking#English" title="arcking">arcking</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arced#English" title="arced">arced</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arcked#English" title="arcked">arcked</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ambitransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">ambitransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To move following a curved path. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span>, T. R. Elmore, <cite>Blood Ties Series, Volume 1, Tainted, Book 1</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">106</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully <b>arced</b> his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2011</b> February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in <cite>BBC</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/9386391.stm">[3]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies <b>arcing</b> round Shontayne Hape.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2024</b></span>, Patricia Taxxon, “Big Wheel”, in <cite>Bicycle</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The big wheel in the sky<br />He <b>arcs</b> o'er miles and miles</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1953</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin" class="extiw" title="w:James Baldwin">James Baldwin</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)">Go Tell It on the Mountain</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" class="extiw" title="w:Alfred A. Knopf">Knopf</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/910382906">→OCLC</a></small>, part 1 (The Seventh Day):</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands <b>arked</b> before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To form an electrical arc.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arc_up#English" title="arc up">arc up</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonarcing#English" title="nonarcing">nonarcing</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/arch#English" title="arch">arch</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Arc">arc</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=arc&type=dicts">arc</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=arc&ls=a">arc</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/CAR#English" title="CAR">CAR</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/CRA#English" title="CRA">CRA</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Car#English" title="Car">Car</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/RAC#English" title="RAC">RAC</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/RCA#English" title="RCA">RCA</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/acr-#English" title="acr-">acr-</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/car#English" title="car">car</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/rac-#English" title="rac-">rac-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalan">Catalan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Catalan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82erk%CA%B7o-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erkʷo- (page does not exist)">*h₂erkʷo-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Central Catalan">Central</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Balearic Catalan">Balearic</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈark]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Valencian language">Valencia</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈaɾk]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content">Catalonia</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q7026_(cat)-Toniher-arc.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Toniher-arc.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Toniher-arc.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Toniher-arc.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Toniher-arc.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Toniher-arc.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q7026_(cat)-Toniher-arc.wav" title="File:LL-Q7026 (cat)-Toniher-arc.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Catalan/a%C9%BEk" title="Rhymes:Catalan/aɾk"><span class="IPA">-aɾk</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ca">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ca p-form-of" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arcs#Catalan" title="arcs">arcs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a> (weapon)</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/music" title="music">music</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> bow <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">used to play string instruments</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/architecture" title="architecture">architecture</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_Sant_Mart%C3%AD#Catalan" title="arc de Sant Martí">arc de Sant Martí</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_triomf#Catalan" title="arc de triomf">arc de triomf</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arc_iris#Catalan" title="arc iris">arc iris</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arcada#Catalan" title="arcada">arcada</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arcar#Catalan" title="arcar">arcar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arcbotant#Catalan" title="arcbotant">arcbotant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arquejar#Catalan" title="arquejar">arquejar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/arquer#Catalan" title="arquer">arquer</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_2">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/fletxa#Catalan" title="fletxa">fletxa</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dlc.iec.cat/Results?EntradaText=arc&AccentSen=True">“arc”</a> in <i>Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27Estudis_Catalans" class="extiw" title="w:Institut d'Estudis Catalans">Institut d’Estudis Catalans</a>.</li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.diccionari.cat/cerca/gran-diccionari-de-la-llengua-catalana?search_api_fulltext_cust=arc">arc</a>”, in <cite>Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grup_Enciclop%C3%A8dia_Catalana" class="extiw" title="w:Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana">Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2025</span></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.avl.gva.es/lexicval/xhtml/dnv.xhtml?paraula=arc">“arc”</a> in <i>Diccionari normatiu valencià</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A8mia_Valenciana_de_la_Llengua" class="extiw" title="w:Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua">Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=arc">“arc”</a> in <i>Diccionari català-valencià-balear</i>, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">arc</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">bow, arch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82erk%CA%B7o-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erkʷo- (page does not exist)">*h₂erkʷo-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/aʁk/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Fr-arc.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Fr-arc.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/Fr-arc.ogg/Fr-arc.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Fr-arc.ogg" title="File:Fr-arc.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-fr p-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arcs#French" title="arcs">arcs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow#Noun" title="bow">bow</a> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">weapon</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li>arc <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">curve</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> arc, <a href="/wiki/circular_arc" title="circular arc">circular arc</a>, <a href="/wiki/circle_segment" title="circle segment">circle segment</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/architecture" title="architecture">architecture</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/fiction" title="fiction">fiction</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/story_arc" title="story arc">story arc</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_%C3%A0_poulies#French" title="arc à poulies">arc à poulies</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_cercle#French" title="arc de cercle">arc de cercle</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">arc (of a circle)</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_courbe#French" title="arc de courbe">arc de courbe</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">arc (of a curve)</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_de_triomphe#French" title="arc de triomphe">arc de triomphe</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">triumphal arch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc_%C3%A9lectrique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arc électrique (page does not exist)">arc électrique</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc_insulaire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arc insulaire (page does not exist)">arc insulaire</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc_long_anglais#French" title="arc long anglais">arc long anglais</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc_r%C3%A9flexe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arc réflexe (page does not exist)">arc réflexe</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arc-en-ciel#French" title="arc-en-ciel">arc-en-ciel</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">rainbow</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arceau#French" title="arceau">arceau</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/avoir_plus_d%27une_corde_%C3%A0_son_arc#French" title="avoir plus d'une corde à son arc">avoir plus d’une corde à son arc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lampe_%C3%A0_l%27arc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lampe à l'arc (page does not exist)">lampe à l’arc</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">arc-lamp</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/tir_%C3%A0_l%27arc#French" title="tir à l'arc">tir à l’arc</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">archery</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_3">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fl%C3%A8che#French" title="flèche">flèche</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/arche#French" title="arche">arche</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_3">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/arc/">arc</a>”, in <cite><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise_informatis%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé">Trésor de la langue française informatisé</a></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Digitized Treasury of the French Language<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></cite>, <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams_2">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/car#French" title="car">car</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Friulian">Friulian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Friulian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fur">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/wiki/arcs#Friulian" title="arcs">arcs</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a> (weapon)</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/architecture" title="architecture">architecture</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc%C3%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcâ (page does not exist)">arcâ</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_4">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/wiki/frece#Friulian" title="frece">frece</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hungarian">Hungarian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Hungarian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An archaic compound word of <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/orr#Hungarian" title="orr">orr</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">nose</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/sz%C3%A1j#Hungarian" title="száj">száj</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">mouth</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, via Proto-Finno-Ugric elements. The original form of these two words was <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">or</i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">szá</i>, the compound word <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">orszá</i>. Over time, the final vowel became short (<i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">orsza</i>), the sz changed to c (<i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/orca#Hungarian" title="orca">orca</a></i>), today a poetic or archaic version. The next change was the initial o to a (<i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arca#Hungarian" title="arca">arca</a></i>) which felt as a possessive form and later shortened to the current term.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hungarian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ˈɒrt͡s]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Hu-arc.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Hu-arc.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Hu-arc.ogg/Hu-arc.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Hu-arc.ogg" title="File:Hu-arc.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Hungarian/%C9%92rt%CD%A1s" title="Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒrt͡s"><span class="IPA">-ɒrt͡s</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="hu">arc</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcok#Hungarian" title="arcok">arcok</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/anatomy" title="anatomy">anatomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/face" title="face">face</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%A9p#Hungarian" title="kép">kép</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">colloquial</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/pofa#Hungarian" title="pofa">pofa</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/anatomy" title="anatomy">anatomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/cheek" title="cheek">cheek</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/sight" title="sight">sight</a>, <a href="/wiki/view" title="view">view</a>, <a href="/wiki/aspect" title="aspect">aspect</a>, <a href="/wiki/appearance" title="appearance">appearance</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> often following <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/j%C3%B3#Hungarian" title="jó">jó</a></i></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/chap" title="chap">chap</a>, <a href="/wiki/guy" title="guy">guy</a>, <a href="/wiki/dude" title="dude">dude</a>, <a href="/wiki/bloke" title="bloke">bloke</a>, <a 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.inflection-table-brown th.secondary,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.secondary.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-1)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.outer.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}.mw-parser-output tr.inflection-table-brown-darker td,.mw-parser-output td.inflection-table-brown-darker{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-brown-1)!important}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Inflection (stem in <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">-o-</i>, back harmony) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th class="outer">singular </th> <th class="outer">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative_case" title="nominative case">nominative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu nom|s-form-of" lang="hu"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu nom|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcok#Hungarian" title="arcok">arcok</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/accusative_case" title="accusative case">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu acc|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcot#Hungarian" title="arcot">arcot</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu acc|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokat#Hungarian" title="arcokat">arcokat</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative_case" title="dative case">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu dat|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcnak#Hungarian" title="arcnak">arcnak</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu dat|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcoknak#Hungarian" title="arcoknak">arcoknak</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/instrumental_case" title="instrumental case">instrumental</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ins|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arccal#Hungarian" title="arccal">arccal</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ins|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokkal#Hungarian" title="arcokkal">arcokkal</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/causal-final" title="causal-final">causal-final</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu cfi|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arc%C3%A9rt#Hungarian" title="arcért">arcért</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu cfi|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcok%C3%A9rt#Hungarian" title="arcokért">arcokért</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/translative_case" title="translative case">translative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu tra|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcc%C3%A1#Hungarian" title="arccá">arccá</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu tra|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokk%C3%A1#Hungarian" title="arcokká">arcokká</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/terminative_case" title="terminative case">terminative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ter|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcig#Hungarian" title="arcig">arcig</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ter|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokig#Hungarian" title="arcokig">arcokig</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/essive-formal" title="essive-formal">essive-formal</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu esf|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arck%C3%A9nt#Hungarian" title="arcként">arcként</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu esf|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokk%C3%A9nt#Hungarian" title="arcokként">arcokként</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/essive-modal" title="essive-modal">essive-modal</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu esm|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcul#Hungarian" title="arcul">arcul</a></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/inessive_case" title="inessive case">inessive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ine|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcban#Hungarian" title="arcban">arcban</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ine|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokban#Hungarian" title="arcokban">arcokban</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/superessive_case" title="superessive case">superessive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu spe|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcon#Hungarian" title="arcon">arcon</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu spe|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokon#Hungarian" title="arcokon">arcokon</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/adessive_case" title="adessive case">adessive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ade|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcn%C3%A1l#Hungarian" title="arcnál">arcnál</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ade|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokn%C3%A1l#Hungarian" title="arcoknál">arcoknál</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/illative_case" title="illative case">illative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ill|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcba#Hungarian" title="arcba">arcba</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ill|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokba#Hungarian" title="arcokba">arcokba</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/sublative" title="sublative">sublative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu sbl|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcra#Hungarian" title="arcra">arcra</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu sbl|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokra#Hungarian" title="arcokra">arcokra</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/allative_case" title="allative case">allative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu all|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/archoz#Hungarian" title="archoz">archoz</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu all|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokhoz#Hungarian" title="arcokhoz">arcokhoz</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/elative_case" title="elative case">elative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ela|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcb%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arcból">arcból</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu ela|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokb%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arcokból">arcokból</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/delative_case" title="delative case">delative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu del|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcr%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arcról">arcról</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu del|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokr%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arcokról">arcokról</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ablative_case" title="ablative case">ablative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu abl|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arct%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arctól">arctól</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu abl|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcokt%C3%B3l#Hungarian" title="arcoktól">arcoktól</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>non-attributive<br />possessive – singular </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu np1|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcé (page does not exist)">arcé</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu np1|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcok%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcoké (page does not exist)">arcoké</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>non-attributive<br />possessive – plural </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu np2|s-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc%C3%A9i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcéi (page does not exist)">arcéi</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-hu np2|p-form-of" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcok%C3%A9i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcokéi (page does not exist)">arcokéi</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-green inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Hungarian_possessive_suffixes" title="Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes">Possessive forms</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="hu">arc</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer">possessor </th> <th class="outer">single possession </th> <th class="outer">multiple possessions </th></tr> <tr> <th>1st person sing. </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcom#Hungarian" title="arcom">arcom</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcaim#Hungarian" title="arcaim">arcaim</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2nd person sing. </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcod#Hungarian" title="arcod">arcod</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcaid#Hungarian" title="arcaid">arcaid</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3rd person sing. </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arca#Hungarian" title="arca">arca</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcai#Hungarian" title="arcai">arcai</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1st person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcunk#Hungarian" title="arcunk">arcunk</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcaink#Hungarian" title="arcaink">arcaink</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2nd person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcotok#Hungarian" title="arcotok">arcotok</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcaitok#Hungarian" title="arcaitok">arcaitok</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3rd person plural </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcuk#Hungarian" title="arcuk">arcuk</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcaik#Hungarian" title="arcaik">arcaik</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arc%C3%A1tlan#Hungarian" title="arcátlan">arcátlan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcocska&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcocska (page does not exist)">arcocska</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arctalan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arctalan (page does not exist)">arctalan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arculat#Hungarian" title="arculat">arculat</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arc%C3%BA#Hungarian" title="arcú">arcú</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher-header">Compound words</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc%C3%A1pol%C3%A1s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcápolás (page does not exist)">arcápolás</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcb%C5%91r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcbőr (page does not exist)">arcbőr</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arccsont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arccsont (page does not exist)">arccsont</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc%C3%A9l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcél (page does not exist)">arcél</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcfest%C3%A9k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcfesték (page does not exist)">arcfesték</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcfest%C3%A9s#Hungarian" title="arcfestés">arcfestés</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcfintor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcfintor (page does not exist)">arcfintor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcforma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcforma (page does not exist)">arcforma</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcideg#Hungarian" title="arcideg">arcideg</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcizom#Hungarian" title="arcizom">arcizom</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arck%C3%A9p#Hungarian" title="arckép">arckép</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arckifejez%C3%A9s#Hungarian" title="arckifejezés">arckifejezés</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arckoponya#Hungarian" title="arckoponya">arckoponya</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arckr%C3%A9m&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arckrém (page does not exist)">arckrém</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcpir%C3%ADt%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcpirító (page does not exist)">arcpirító</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcpiros%C3%ADt%C3%B3#Hungarian" title="arcpirosító">arcpirosító</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arctiszt%C3%ADt%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arctisztító (page does not exist)">arctisztító</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arc%C3%BCreg#Hungarian" title="arcüreg">arcüreg</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcvon%C3%A1s#Hungarian" title="arcvonás">arcvonás</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcsz%C3%ADn#Hungarian" title="arcszín">arcszín</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcsz%C5%91rzet#Hungarian" title="arcszőrzet">arcszőrzet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1larc#Hungarian" title="álarc">álarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=babaarc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="babaarc (page does not exist)">babaarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=faarc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="faarc (page does not exist)">faarc</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%B3kerarc#Hungarian" title="pókerarc">pókerarc</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher-header">Expressions</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arca_ver%C3%ADt%C3%A9k%C3%A9vel#Hungarian" title="arca verítékével">arca verítékével</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcokat_v%C3%A1g&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcokat vág (page does not exist)">arcokat vág</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcon_cs%C3%B3kol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcon csókol (page does not exist)">arcon csókol</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcot_v%C3%A1g&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcot vág (page does not exist)">arcot vág</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcra_borul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcra borul (page does not exist)">arcra borul</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcr%C3%B3l_arcra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcról arcra (page does not exist)">arcról arcra</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcul_csap#Hungarian" title="arcul csap">arcul csap</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/arcul_%C3%BCt#Hungarian" title="arcul üt">arcul üt</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><i>arc</i> in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dtk.tankonyvtar.hu/bitstream/handle/123456789/8879/Etimologiai_szotar.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><i>Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete</i></a> (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9637094016" title="Special:BookSources/9637094016">→ISBN</a>.  <span style="font-size:95%">(See also <a href="/wiki/Template:R:Zaicz_2021" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R:Zaicz 2021">its 2nd edition</a>.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Lexikonok-magyar-etimologiai-szotar-F14D3arc-F16D1">arc</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_T%C3%B3tfalusi" class="extiw" title="w:István Tótfalusi">Tótfalusi, István</a>. <i>Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár</i> (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9639374121" title="Special:BookSources/9639374121">→ISBN</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_4">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Lexikonok-a-magyar-nyelv-ertelmezo-szotara-1BE8B/arc-1DEF2">arc</a> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9za_B%C3%A1rczi" class="extiw" title="w:Géza Bárczi">Géza Bárczi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Orsz%C3%A1gh" class="extiw" title="w:László Országh">László Országh</a>, <i>et al.</i>, editors, <cite>A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára</cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language</span></cite>] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó</span></span>, 1959–1962. <small>Fifth ed., 1992: <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9630535793" title="Special:BookSources/9630535793">→ISBN</a>.</small></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nagyszotar.nytud.hu/dictsearch.html?query=arc">arc</a> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Nóra Ittzés, editor, <cite>A magyar nyelv nagyszótára</cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language</span></cite>] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó</span></span>, 2006–2031 <small>(work in progress; published <b>a–ez</b> as of 2024)</small>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Irish">Irish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Irish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Irish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Irish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/aɾˠk/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Irish" class="extiw" title="w:Old Irish">Old Irish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sga"><a href="/wiki/orc#Old_Irish" title="orc">orc</a>, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_Irish">arc</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">piglet</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_6">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>genitive singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>, <i>nominative plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/piglet" title="piglet">piglet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/diminutive" title="diminutive">diminutive</a> animal or person</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/earc#Irish" title="earc">earc</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/arcach%C3%A1n#Irish" title="arcachán">arcachán</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/arcad%C3%A1n#Irish" title="arcadán">arcadán</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" class="extiw" title="w:Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-Norman</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">arc</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a bow, arc, arch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_7">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>genitive singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>, <i>nominative plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_6">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/arclampa#Irish" title="arclampa">arclampa</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">arc-lamp</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3_2">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_8">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ga">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>genitive singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>, <i>nominative plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/earc#Irish" title="earc">earc</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">lizard; reptile</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Declension_2">Declension</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-box inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc tr-alongside" style="width: fit-content"> <table class="inflection-box-content"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">arc</i> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Irish_first-declension_nouns" title="Appendix:Irish first-declension nouns">first declension</a>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-green inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="outer">bare forms </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>singular </th> <th>plural </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <td>arc </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/vocative" title="vocative">vocative</a> </th> <td>a <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></span> </td> <td>a <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/arca#Irish" title="arca">arca</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative" title="dative">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-green inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="outer">forms with the <a href="/wiki/definite_article" title="definite article">definite article</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>singular </th> <th>plural </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative" title="nominative">nominative</a> </th> <td>an <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t-arc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="t-arc (page does not exist)">t-arc</a></span> </td> <td>na <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hairc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hairc (page does not exist)">hairc</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive" title="genitive">genitive</a> </th> <td>an <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/airc#Irish" title="airc">airc</a></span> </td> <td>na <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=n-arc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="n-arc (page does not exist)">n-arc</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative" title="dative">dative</a> </th> <td>leis an <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span><br />don <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td>leis na <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hairc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hairc (page does not exist)">hairc</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mutation">Mutation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Mutation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-green" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Irish_mutations" title="Appendix:Irish mutations">Mutated forms</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">arc</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>radical</th> <th>eclipsis</th> <th>with <i>h</i>-prothesis</th> <th>with <i>t</i>-prothesis </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=n-arc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="n-arc (page does not exist)">n-arc</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/harc#Irish" title="harc">harc</a></span> </td> <td><i>not applicable</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <p style="font-size:85%;"><i>Note:</i> Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.<br />All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_5">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_%C3%93_D%C3%B3naill" class="extiw" title="w:Niall Ó Dónaill">Ó Dónaill, Niall</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">1977</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/arc">arc</a>”, in <cite>Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla</cite>, Dublin: An Gúm, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781857910384" title="Special:BookSources/9781857910384">→ISBN</a></small></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dil.ie/33948">1 orc (‘young pig’)</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_the_Irish_Language" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary of the Irish Language">eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</a></cite></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occitan">Occitan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Occitan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_6">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Occitan phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/aɾk/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_4" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" 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mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_9">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="oc">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> (<i>plural</i> <b><span class="Latn form-of lang-oc p-form-of" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arcs#Occitan" title="arcs">arcs</a></span></b>) </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_7">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arca#Occitan" title="arca">arca</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arcada#Occitan" title="arcada">arcada</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcadon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcadon (page does not exist)">arcadon</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcadura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcadura (page does not exist)">arcadura</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arcana#Occitan" title="arcana">arcana</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcan%C3%A8l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcanèl (page does not exist)">arcanèl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arcar#Occitan" title="arcar">arcar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcar%C3%B2l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcaròl (page does not exist)">arcaròl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcbal%C3%A8sta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcbalèsta (page does not exist)">arcbalèsta</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcelar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcelar (page does not exist)">arcelar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcel%C3%A0s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcelàs (page does not exist)">arcelàs</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcolan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcolan (page does not exist)">arcolan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/arquet#Occitan" title="arquet">arquet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arquetar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arquetar (page does not exist)">arquetar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arqui%C3%A8r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arquièr (page does not exist)">arquièr</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_French">Old French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Old French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_7">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_10">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fro">arc</strong> <span class="ib-content qualifier-content">oblique singular</span>, <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>oblique plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/ars#Old_French" title="ars">ars</a></b>, <i>nominative singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/ars#Old_French" title="ars">ars</a></b>, <i>nominative plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="fro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/architecture" title="architecture">architecture</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coordinate_terms">Coordinate terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Coordinate terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">bow</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/saete#Old_French" title="saete">saete</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">arc</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/ark#Middle_English" title="ark">ark</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/arke#Middle_English" title="arke">arke</a></span><ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span><ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Irish">arc</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/ark#Maltese" title="ark">ark</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Welsh">arc</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_High_German">Old High German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Old High German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_7">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Old High German phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ark/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="goh">arc</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="goh"><a href="/wiki/arg#Old_High_German" title="arg">arg</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Joseph Wright, <i>An Old High German Primer</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Romanian">Romanian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Romanian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_8">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/arcus#Latin" title="arcus">arcus</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82erk%CA%B7o-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erkʷo- (page does not exist)">*h₂erkʷo-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_11">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ro">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ro p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuri#Romanian" title="arcuri">arcuri</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/bow" title="bow">bow</a> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">a weapon</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/architecture" title="architecture">architecture</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/arch" title="arch">arch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_3">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-yellow inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="2" class="outer">singular </th> <td class="separator" rowspan="999"> </td> <th colspan="2" class="outer">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>indefinite </th> <th>definite </th> <th>indefinite </th> <th>definite </th></tr> <tr> <th>nominative-accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|nominative//accusative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|nominative//accusative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcul#Romanian" title="arcul">arcul</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|nominative//accusative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuri#Romanian" title="arcuri">arcuri</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|nominative//accusative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcurile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcurile (page does not exist)">arcurile</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>genitive-dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|genitive//dative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|genitive//dative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcului&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcului (page does not exist)">arcului</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|genitive//dative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuri#Romanian" title="arcuri">arcuri</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|genitive//dative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcurilor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcurilor (page does not exist)">arcurilor</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>vocative </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcule (page does not exist)">arcule</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcurilor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcurilor (page does not exist)">arcurilor</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_12">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ro">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ro p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arce#Romanian" title="arce">arce</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_4">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-yellow inflection-table-collapsible inflection-table-collapsed no-vc" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r84361117" /> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="outer"> </th> <th colspan="2" class="outer">singular </th> <td class="separator" rowspan="999"> </td> <th colspan="2" class="outer">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>indefinite </th> <th>definite </th> <th>indefinite </th> <th>definite </th></tr> <tr> <th>nominative-accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|nominative//accusative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|nominative//accusative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcul#Romanian" title="arcul">arcul</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|nominative//accusative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arce#Romanian" title="arce">arce</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|nominative//accusative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcele (page does not exist)">arcele</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>genitive-dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|genitive//dative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">arc</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|genitive//dative|s-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcului&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcului (page does not exist)">arcului</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro indefinite|genitive//dative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arce#Romanian" title="arce">arce</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-ro definite|genitive//dative|p-form-of" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcelor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcelor (page does not exist)">arcelor</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>vocative </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcule (page does not exist)">arcule</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcelor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcelor (page does not exist)">arcelor</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_8">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="6"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcad%C4%83#Romanian" title="arcadă">arcadă</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcan#Romanian" title="arcan">arcan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arca%C8%99#Romanian" title="arcaș">arcaș</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcatur%C4%83#Romanian" title="arcatură">arcatură</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcui#Romanian" title="arcui">arcui</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcuibil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcuibil (page does not exist)">arcuibil</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuire#Romanian" title="arcuire">arcuire</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuit#Romanian" title="arcuit">arcuit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcuitur%C4%83#Romanian" title="arcuitură">arcuitură</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcule%C8%9B#Romanian" title="arculeț">arculeț</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcu%C8%99#Romanian" title="arcuș">arcuș</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_3">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/arcar#Romanian" title="arcar">arcar</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_5">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/s%C4%83geat%C4%83#Romanian" title="săgeată">săgeată</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scottish_Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Scottish Gaelic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_9">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><style 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Please add to it, or discuss it at the <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology_scriptorium" title="Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium">Etymology scriptorium</a>.)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_8">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scottish_Gaelic_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scottish Gaelic pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/arxk/</span></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r83928332" /><div class="noprint request-box" style="width: fit-content"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Headset_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/20px-Headset_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/30px-Headset_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Headset_icon.svg/40px-Headset_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="119" data-file-height="136" /></a></span> </td> <td>This entry needs an <a href="/wiki/Category:Requests_for_audio_pronunciation_in_Scottish_Gaelic_entries" title="Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in Scottish Gaelic entries">audio pronunciation</a>. 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The recorded pronunciation <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lingua_Libre_pronunciation-gla?from=arc">will appear here</a> when it's ready. </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_13">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gd">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/sow" title="sow">sow</a><sup id="cite_ref-dwelly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dwelly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/piglet" title="piglet">piglet</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/lizard" title="lizard">lizard</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/body" title="body">body</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/dwarf" title="dwarf">dwarf</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/bear" title="bear">bear</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/stag" title="stag">stag</a>, <a href="/wiki/hind" title="hind">hind</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/collection" title="collection">collection</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/hero" title="hero">hero</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_14">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gd">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/bee" title="bee">bee</a>, <a href="/wiki/wasp" title="wasp">wasp</a><sup id="cite_ref-dwelly_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dwelly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/impost" title="impost">impost</a>, <a href="/wiki/tax" title="tax">tax</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> "Femen." <span class="maintenance-line">(clarification of this definition is needed)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dwelly-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-dwelly_3-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-dwelly_3-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>arc</i> in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Edward Dwelly (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>) “arc”, in <cite>Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan</cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary</span></cite>]‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dwelly.info/index.aspx?Language=en">[1]</a></sup>, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901771-92-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-901771-92-9">→ISBN</a></small></span></span>; accessed on 7 May 2015.</span> </li> </ol></div> <p>[[[Category:gd:Insects|ARC]] </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Welsh">Welsh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Welsh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_10">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_15">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="cy">arc</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-cy p-form-of" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=arcau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arcau (page does not exist)">arcau</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/sciences" title="sciences">sciences</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">arc</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_4">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=arc&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?arc">arc</a>”, in <cite>Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online</cite> (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies</span></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://auth.wikimedia.org/loginwiki/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=arc&oldid=83923634">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=arc&oldid=83923634</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Translingual_lemmas" 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