ancora
noun
ancora is a noun meaning “Either of the symbols ⟨⸔⟩, ⟨⸕⟩ found in marginal notes to mark missing text” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-C-O-R-A, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ancora is ancorae.
What does ancora mean?
noun
- 1
Either of the symbols ⟨⸔⟩, ⟨⸕⟩ found in marginal notes to mark missing text.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ancora
- ancorae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ancora?
Ancora appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ancora come from?
From Latin ancora. Doublet of anchor and anker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).