gekko

gekko (plural gekkos or gekkoes)

1. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of gecko.
   • 1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 7, in The Man with the Golden Gun:

     Egrets, shrikes, and Louisiana herons rose and settled lazily, and there were strange insect noises and the call of frogs and gekkos.

Unclear, but originating in the Malay Archipelago. Borrowings from Malay and Acehnese have been proposed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛ.koː/

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• Hyphenation: gek‧ko
• Rhymes: -ɛkoː

gekko m (plural gekko's)

1. a gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae or infraorder Gekkota

• hagedis

• → English: gecko (probably)

Learned borrowing from Dutch gekko.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡekːo/, [ˈɡe̞kːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ekːo
• Syllabification^(key): gek‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): gek‧ko

gekko

1. gecko

• “gekko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From Malay gekok.

gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoer, definite plural gekkoene)

1. a gecko

• “gekko” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Malay gekok.

gekko m (definite singular gekkoen, indefinite plural gekkoar, definite plural gekkoane)

1. a gecko

• “gekko” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.