Picasso
See also: picasso
English
Proper noun
Picasso
- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish painter, best known as a founder of the Cubist movement.
Translations
Further reading
- “Picasso”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
- picasso (work of art by Pablo Picasso)
Etymology
From pica (“pike, lance”)[1] or Italian pica (“magpie”), in which case it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈkaso/ [piˈka.so]
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: Pi‧cas‧so
References
- Schoell-Glass, Charlotte (2005) Orientations – Space/Time/Image/Word: Word & Image Interactions 5 (in French), Rodopi, →ISBN, page 96:
- Certaines lectures ésotériques vont même jusqu’à avancer que le guerrier tombé dans la pose du crucifié, renvoie à Perceval, à cause de l’épée brisée dans sa main, et qu’au centre il y aurait une représentation cryptique d’une bataille mystique entre Picasso (pica signifie lance en espagnol) et un Hitler wagnérien (le cheval blessé; cf. Harris).
- “Picasso”, in House of Names, 2020 June 19 (last accessed): “The name Picasso is derived from the central southern Italian word "pica" meaning a "magpie;" as such, it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.”
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