tessera

See also tesserà

English

Etymology

Latin tessera (a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides), from Greek τέσσερα (four).

Noun

tessera (plural tesserae)

1. A small square piece of stone, wood,ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.

Derived terms

• tessellate
• tesseract

Anagrams

• Easters, erastes, reseats, saeters, seaters, teasers

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Italian

Noun

tessera f. (plural tessere)

1. card, pass
2. tessera
3. domino

Related terms

• fototessera
• tesserare
• tesserino

Verb

tessera

1. third-person singular present indicative of tesserare
2. second-person singular imperative of tesserare

Anagrams

• asterse, sareste, traesse

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Latin

Noun

tessera (genitive tesserae); f, first declension

1. tessera
2. die (used in games)
3. watchword
4. token

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tessera	tesserae
genitive	tesserae	tesserārum
dative	tesserae	tesserīs
accusative	tesseram	tesserās
ablative	tesserā	tesserīs
vocative	tessera	tesserae