tessera

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). === Noun === tessera (plural tesserae) A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic. (planetology) complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton (rare) An ancient Roman die. ==== Derived terms ==== tessellate tesseract ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === tessera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tessera (Venus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Aertses, Teressa, starees, teasers, reseats, saeters, Treases, searest, erastes, seaters, eatress, earsets, Seaters, arsetes, easters, Easters, steares, erasest, teresas == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛs.se.ra/ Rhymes: -ɛssera Hyphenation: tès‧se‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Cognate with Piedmontese téssera. ==== Noun ==== tessera f (plural tessere) card; credit card pass tessera (small square piece used for making a mosaic) domino ===== Synonyms ===== tassello ===== Derived terms ===== fototessera tesserare tesserino === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tessera inflection of tesserare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === asterse, sareste, traesse == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.sɛ.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛs.se.ra] === Noun === tessera f (genitive tesserae); first declension tessera (dice games) a die with six faces and pips, alike modern-day ones Coordinate terms: talus, ālea watchword token ticket ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “tessera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tessera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tessera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tessera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “tessera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “tessera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin