asso

Alternative forms

• Asso

Etymology

From clipping of English associate degree.

Pronunciation

Noun

asso

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) associate degree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: às‧so

Noun

asso m (plural assi)

1. ace (all senses)
2. (dice games, dominoes) a piece or side having a single dot

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

Anagrams

• ossa

Etymology

From assus (“roasted”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.soː/, [ˈäs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.so/, [ˈäsːo]

Verb

assō (present infinitive assāre, perfect active assāvī, supine assātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to roast, broil

References

• “asso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aso/

Contraction

asso

1. Contraction of a + so. (to his/for his or to her/for her)
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:

     e por eſſol dizen ualle lȧcmm. q̇ allẏ ploro adȧ. aſſo fijo abel.

     And that is why it is called valle lacrimarum [the valley of tears], for there Adam wept for his son Abel.

Alternative forms

Noun

asso

1. nominative singular of assa

Pronunciation

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈa.s̺u]
• Rhymes: -asu
• Homophone: aço
• Hyphenation: as‧so

Verb

asso

1. first-person singular present indicative of assar