asso

See also: aššõ

Chinese

Alternative forms

• Asso

Etymology

From clipping of English associate degree.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa⁶ sou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa⁶ sou¹
    • Yale: ah sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa⁶ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a⁶ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː²² sou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

asso

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) associate degree

Italian

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *assus, from Classical Latin as.

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

Related terms

• asso di cuori
• asso di fiori
• asso di picche
• asso di quadri

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

Latin

Etymology

From assus (“roasted”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to roast, broil

Conjugation

   Conjugation of assō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assō		assās		assat		assāmus		assātis		assant
	imperfect	assābam		assābās		assābat		assābāmus		assābātis		assābant
	future	assābō		assābis		assābit		assābimus		assābitis		assābunt
	perfect	assāvī		assāvistī		assāvit		assāvimus		assāvistis		assāvērunt, assāvēre
	pluperfect	assāveram		assāverās		assāverat		assāverāmus		assāverātis		assāverant
	future perfect	assāverō		assāveris		assāverit		assāverimus		assāveritis		assāverint
passive	present	assor		assāris, assāre		assātur		assāmur		assāminī		assantur
	imperfect	assābar		assābāris, assābāre		assābātur		assābāmur		assābāminī		assābantur
	future	assābor		assāberis, assābere		assābitur		assābimur		assābiminī		assābuntur
	perfect	assātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	assātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	assātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assem		assēs		asset		assēmus		assētis		assent
	imperfect	assārem		assārēs		assāret		assārēmus		assārētis		assārent
	perfect	assāverim		assāverīs		assāverit		assāverīmus		assāverītis		assāverint
	pluperfect	assāvissem		assāvissēs		assāvisset		assāvissēmus		assāvissētis		assāvissent
passive	present	asser		assēris, assēre		assētur		assēmur		assēminī		assentur
	imperfect	assārer		assārēris, assārēre		assārētur		assārēmur		assārēminī		assārentur
	perfect	assātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	assātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		assā		—		—		assāte		—
	future	—		assātō		assātō		—		assātōte		assantō
passive	present	—		assāre		—		—		assāminī		—
	future	—		assātor		assātor		—		—		assantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		assāre			assārī			assāns			—
future		assātūrum esse			assātum īrī			assātūrus			assandus
perfect		assāvisse			assātum esse			—			assātus
future perfect		—			assātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		assātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		assandī		assandō		assandum		assandō		assātum		assātū

Derived terms

• assārius
• assātūra

Related terms

• assus

Descendants

• Asturian: asar
• Galician: asar
• Italian: assare, ⇒ rassare (obsolete)
• Portuguese: assar
• Spanish: asar

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.

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aso/

Contraction

asso

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

     e por eſſol dizen ualle lãcmm. q̃ allẏ ploro adã. aſſo fijo abel.

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

Related terms

• al / ala

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• अस्सो (Devanagari script)
• অস্সো (Bengali script)
• අස‍්සො (Sinhalese script)
• အဿော or ဢသ်သေႃ (Burmese script)
• อสฺโส or อัสโส (Thai script)
• ᩋᩔᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອສ຺ໂສ or ອັສໂສ (Lao script)
• អស្សោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

asso

1. nominative singular of assa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.su/

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

Verb

asso

1. first-person singular present indicative of assar