turco-
French, prefix/tyʁ.ko/
turco- is spelled T-U-R-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turco- is a French prefix meaning “Turco- (prefix of words related to the country Turkey, the Turkish language, and/or Turks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préfixe des mots en rapport avec la Turquie”.
What does turco- mean in English?
prefix
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Turco- (prefix of words related to the country Turkey, the Turkish language, and/or Turks)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom familier des tirailleurs indigènes et en particulier des tirailleurs algériens.
prefix: 1. Préfixe des mots en rapport avec la Turquie. 2. Préfixe des mots soulignant les rapports mutuels de la Turquie ou des Turcs avec d’autres nations. 3. Préfixe des doubles nationalités lorsque l’une d’elles est turque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of turco-
- turcos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turco-?
- /tyʁ.ko/
- \tyʁ.kɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is turco- in French?
turco- appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).