Definition/Meaning of orc

• English - Noun: orc (plural orcs) (archaic) Any of several large, ferocious sea creature s, now especially the killer whale . 1992, Utagawa Hiroshi, “The ‘Sending-Back’ Rite in Ainu Culture”, in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, volumes 19/2–3, page 265: The latter phenomenon is similar to the conceptual division seen in Ainu society between kimun-kamuy, the bear spirit of the mountains, and repun-kamuy,…
• English - Anagrams: cor , Cor . CRO OCR roc , ROC
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle French orque , Italian orca , and their source, Latin orca (“type of whale”). Doublet of orca. Etymology 2. Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc, which he took to mean "demon". Both are from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre and Orcus. Etymology 2 sense 2 is a…
• English - Pronunciation: (General American) IPA: /ɔɹk/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɔːk/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k Homophone: ork Homophone: awk Homophone: auk (non-rhotic) Homophone: ork Homophone: awk
• English - Derived terms: half-orc orcess orcish Orcish orckind orclike orcling she-orc SMOrc wereorc