mosaico

mosaico

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈzaj.ko/[1]
• Rhymes: -ajko
• Hyphenation: mo‧sài‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Noun

mosaico m (plural mosaici)

1. mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
2. mixture (of disparate things)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaici, feminine plural mosaiche)

1. Mosaic

Related terms

• Mosè

References

1. mosaico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• cosiamo, moscaio, scoiamo

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈzaj.ku/ [moˈzaɪ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈzaj.ku/ [moˈzaɪ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈzaj.ko/ [moˈzaɪ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈzaj.ku/

• Hyphenation: mo‧sai‧co

Etymology 1

From Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

mosaico

Noun

mosaico m (plural mosaicos)

1. (art) mosaic

Etymology 2

From French mosaïque.

Adjective

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas, not comparable)

1. Mosaic

Related terms

• Moisés

Further reading

• “mosaico” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “mosaico” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “mosaico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mosaico” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “mosaico” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “mosaico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈsaiko/ [moˈsai̯.ko]

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• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: mo‧sai‧co

Adjective

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas)

1. Mosaic (related to Moses)
2. (art) mosaic

Noun

mosaico m (plural mosaicos)

1. mosaic

Further reading

• “mosaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014