English Explanatory Dictionary

cisco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.
name
  1. Cisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪskəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cisco.wav /ˈsɪskoʊ/

Word forms

cisco ciscos ciscoes

Etymology

From French ciscoette (“siscowet”), from Ojibwe siscowet (“cooks itself”).

Derived words

Arctic cisco Belove cisci Bering cisco blackfin cisco deepwater cisco European cisco lake cisco least cisco longjaw cisco Nipigon cisco northern cisco Penzina cisco sardine cisco shortjaw cisco shortnose cisco spring-spawning cisco Stechlin cisco
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