terrazzo
See also: terrazzò
English
Alternative forms
- terrazo
Etymology
From Italian terrazzo.
Noun
terrazzo (countable and uncountable, plural terrazzos)
- (architecture) A faux-marble material used for flooring and countertops.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 265:
- A fibreglass fish should have been spewing water into a terrazzo fountain, but the pipes had not yet been connected and bags of cement were heaped in the basin.
- 2007, January 4, “Fred A. Bernstein”, in Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle:
- Richard Sammons […] began by leaving the ground floor studio pretty much as he found it, with 15-foot ceilings and a black terrazzo floor.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 265:
References
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /terˈrat.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -attso
- Hyphenation: ter‧ràz‧zo
Etymology 1
From terra, or from Vulgar Latin *terraceus, from Latin terra. Related to terrazza. Cf. also terraccio, terracia. Compare Spanish terrazo.
Noun
terrazzo m (plural terrazzi)
- balcony
- terrace
Synonyms
- balcone (1)
- terrazza (1,2)
Derived terms
- terrazzino
Descendants
- → Catalan: terratzo
- → English: terrazo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
terrazzo
- first-person singular present indicative of terrazzare