cesso

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See also: cessò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cessare (to remove, to cause to withdraw (archaic)) +‎ -o.[2]

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi)

  1. (informal, mildly vulgar) toilet, bog (UK), john (US)
  2. (mildly vulgar) shithole
  3. (military slang) latrine
Derived terms
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Noun

cesso m (plural cessi, feminine cessa)

  1. (informal, derogatory, mildly vulgar) a fugly person

Adjective

cesso (feminine cessa, masculine plural cessi, feminine plural cesse)

  1. (informal, mildly vulgar) fugly

Etymology 2

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessare

References

  1. ^ cesso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ cesso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From cēdō (I withdraw) +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cessō (present infinitive cessāre, perfect active cessāvī, supine cessātum); first conjugation (intransitive)

  1. to stop, desist, halt, cease
    Synonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, dēsinō, conticēscō, sistō, quiēscō, trānseō
    Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.19.27:
      Nōn cessēs, fīlī, audīre doctrīnam, nec ignōrēs sermōnēs scientiae.
      Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  2. to be lacking or wanting
    Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, indigeō, perdō
    Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō
  3. to delay, hold back, tarry
  4. to rest, be still, inactive
    Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, iaceō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō, conticēscō
  5. to be free of

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

References

  • cesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cesso in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • cesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat

Portuguese

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar