miscellanea

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“I mix”).

Noun

miscellanea (plural miscellanea)

1. 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

Related terms

• miscellaneous
• miscellany

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

miscellanea

1. plural of miscellaneum

Anagrams

• mésalliance

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)

1. miscellany

Related terms

• miscellaneo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

miscellanea

1. 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

• mesalliance

Latin

Pronunciation

• miscellānea: (Classical) IPA^(key): /mis.kelˈlaː.ne.a/,
• miscellānea: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/,
• miscellāneā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /mis.kelˈlaː.ne.aː/,
• miscellāneā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/,

Adjective

miscellānea

1. inflection of miscellāneus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

miscellāneā

1. 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/

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: mis‧cel‧la‧ne‧a

Noun

miscellanea nvir pl

1. (literature) varia, miscellany (collection of diverse texts, thoughts, or notes collected in a publication)

   Synonym: varia

2. (in magazines) miscellany (section devoted to short notes on various subjects)

Declension

Further reading

• miscellanea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• miscellanea in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin miscellanea.

Noun

miscellanea n (uncountable)

1. miscellanea

Declension