mosaico

• IPA^(key): /moˈzaj.ko/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ajko
• Hyphenation: mo‧sài‧co

Borrowed from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

mosaico m (plural mosaici)

1. mosaic, puzzle, jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
2. mixture (of disparate things)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaici, feminine plural mosaiche)

1. Mosaic

• Mosè

• cosiamo, moscaio, scoiamo

• Hyphenation: mo‧sai‧co

From Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

mosaico m (plural mosaicos)

1. (art) mosaic

From French mosaïque.

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas, not comparable)

1. Mosaic (pertaining to Moses)

• Moisés

• “mosaico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “mosaico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “mosaico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mosaico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mosaico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “mosaico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA^(key): /moˈsaiko/

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• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: mo‧sai‧co

Borrowed from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas)

1. (art) mosaic

mosaico m (plural mosaicos)

1. mosaic

mosaico (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaicos, feminine plural mosaicas)

1. Mosaic (related to Moses)

• “mosaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28