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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“I mix”).
Noun
miscellanea (plural miscellanea)
- A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
- Synonym: miscellany
1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238:Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.
1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89:Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]
1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 70:Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
miscellanea
- plural of miscellaneum
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/
- Rhymes: -anea
- Hyphenation: mi‧scel‧là‧ne‧a
Etymology 1
Plural of miscellaneo, or borrowed from Late Latin miscellānea.
Noun
miscellanea f (plural miscellanee)
- miscellany
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
miscellanea
- feminine singular of miscellaneo
Further reading
- miscellanea in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- miscellanea in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- miscellanea in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- miscellanea in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- miscellanea in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- miscellanea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
miscellānea
- inflection of miscellāneus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
miscellāneā
- ablative feminine singular of miscellāneus
References
- “miscellanea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mīscellānea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mis.t͡sɛl.laˈnɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Syllabification: mis‧cel‧la‧ne‧a
Noun
miscellanea nvir pl
- (literature) varia, miscellany (collection of diverse texts, thoughts, or notes collected in a publication)
- Synonym: varia
- (in magazines) miscellany (section devoted to short notes on various subjects)
Declension
Declension of miscellanea
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin miscellanea.
Noun
miscellanea n (uncountable)
- miscellanea
Declension