tessera

See also: tesserà

§English

§Etymology

From Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).

§Noun

tessera (plural tesserae)

1. A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
2. (planetology) complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton

§Derived terms

• tessellate
• tesseract

§Anagrams

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

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§Italian

§Noun

tessera f (plural tessere)

1. card (especially a debit/credit/store 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

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.se.ra/, [ˈtɛs.sɛ.ra]

§Noun

tessera f (genitive tesserae); first declension

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

§Inflection

First declension.

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