compasso

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Italian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /komˈpas.so/
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: com‧pàs‧so

Noun[edit]

compasso m (plural compassi)

  1. compass, pair of compasses
  2. calipers, callipers

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

compassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of compassus

Portuguese[edit]

compasso

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French compas.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: com‧pas‧so

Noun[edit]

compasso m (plural compassos)

  1. pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)
  2. (music) measure (musical designation)
  3. (figuratively) measure; rule
  4. (Catholicism) a Portuguese Easter ritual

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “compasso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “compasso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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