asso

asso

See also: aššõ

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From clipping of English associate degree.

Pronunciation


Noun

asso

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) associate degree

Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *assus, from Classical Latin as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈas.so/
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: às‧so

Noun

asso m (plural assi)

  1. ace (all senses)
  2. (dice games, dominoes) a piece or side having a single dot
  • asso di cuori
  • asso di fiori
  • asso di picche
  • asso di quadri

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso due tre quattro cinque sei sette
otto nove dieci fante donna,
regina
re jolly, joker,
matta

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From assus (roasted) + .

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    assō (present infinitive assāre, perfect active assāvī, supine assātum); first conjugation

    1. (transitive) to roast, broil

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Asturian: asar
    • Galician: asar
    • Italian: assare, rassare (obsolete)
    • Portuguese: assar
    • Spanish: asar

    References

    • asso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • asso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Old Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aso/

    Contraction

    asso

    1. contraction of a (to/for) +‎ so (his/her)
      • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
        e por eſſol dizen ualle lãcmm. q̃ allẏ ploro adã. aſſo fijo abel.
        And that is why it is called valle lacrimarum [the valley of tears], for there Adam wept for his son Abel.

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    asso

    1. nominative singular of assa

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    asso

    1. first-person singular present indicative of assar