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)).
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Related terms
References
- mosaico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)).
Adjective
mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas, not comparable)
Related terms
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, 2003–2024.
- “mosaico” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “mosaico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈsaiko/ [moˈsai̯.ko]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aiko
- Syllabification: mo‧sai‧co
Etymology 1
Borrowed 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)).
Adjective
mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas)
- Mosaic (related to Moses)
Further reading
- “mosaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014