prisco
Portuguese, adjective/ˈpɾis.ku/
prisco is spelled P-R-I-S-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prisco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pristine (pertaining to the earliest period of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antigo, dos tempos remotos”.
What does prisco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pristine (pertaining to the earliest period of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino
adjective: 1. antigo, dos tempos remotos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prisco
- prisca feminine
- priscos masculine plural
- priscas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prisco?
- Brazil /ˈpɾis.ku/
- /ˈpɾiʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈpɾiʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prisco in Portuguese?
prisco appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).