Picasso

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish Picasso.

Proper noun

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Pablo Picasso in 1908

Picasso

  1. Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish painter, best known as a founder of the Cubist movement.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Further reading

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  • “Picasso”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Picasso.

Proper noun

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Picasso m anim

  1. Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

Declension

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This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • picasso (work of art by Pablo Picasso)

Etymology

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From pica (“pike, lance”)[1] or Italian pica (“magpie”), in which case it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈkaso/ [piˈka.so]
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: Pi‧cas‧so

Noun

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Picasso m (plural Picassos)

  1. Picasso (work of art by Pablo Picasso)

Proper noun

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Picasso m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  2. Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

References

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  1. ^ Schoell-Glass, Charlotte (2005) Orientations – Space/Time/Image/Word: Word & Image Interactions 5 (in French), Rodopi, →ISBN, page 96:
    Certaines lectures ésotériques vont même jusqu’à avancer que le guerrier tombé dans la pose du crucifié, renvoie à Perceval, à cause de l’épée brisée dans sa main, et qu’au centre il y aurait une représentation cryptique d’une bataille mystique entre Picasso (pica signifie lance en espagnol) et un Hitler wagnérien (le cheval blessé; cf. Harris).
  2. ^ “Picasso”, in House of Names, 2020 June 19 (last accessed): “The name Picasso is derived from the central southern Italian word "pica" meaning a "magpie;" as such, it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.”
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