compasso

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Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpas.so/
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: com‧pàs‧so

Noun

compasso m (plural compassi)

  1. compass, pair of compasses
  2. calipers, callipers

Latin

Participle

compassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of compassus

Portuguese

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compasso (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from French compas.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: com‧pas‧so

Noun

compasso m (plural compassos)

  2. pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)
  3. (music) measure (musical designation)
  4. (figuratively) measure; rule
    Synonym: medida
  5. (Catholicism) a Portuguese Easter ritual

Usage notes

Compasso is a false friend and does not mean compass in the sense of instrument to determine cardinal directions. Portuguese equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry compass.

References

  1. ^ “compasso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “compasso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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