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compasso

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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compasso m (plural compassi)

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

Latin

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Participle

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compassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of compassus

Portuguese

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compasso

Etymology

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Borrowed from French compas.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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References

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  1. ^ “compasso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “compasso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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