miscellanea

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin miscellānea, neuter plural of miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“I mix”).

Noun

miscellanea (plural miscellanea)

1. A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.

   Synonym: miscellany

   • 1897, George Egerton, Symphonies, page 238:

     Bright copper utensils, strings of onions, and gigantic sausages, wine-skins, chillies, and castanets hung with a miscellanea of all kinds from the roof and walls.

   • 1917, Herbert David Croly, editor, The New Republic, volume 9, page 89:

     Long tables of statistics from the Census Reports, extracts from books, and sometimes whole books reappear in the Record, jumbled into a miscellanea that includes a flamboyant discourse on “The Outlook for Prosperity,” […]

   • 1989, Thomas G. Pavel, Fictional Worlds, page 70:

     Through a renewed process of selection, miscellanea are cut down to compendia, which, once structurally organized, become texts

Related terms

• miscellaneous
• miscellany

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

miscellanea

1. plural of miscellaneum

Anagrams

• mésalliance

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/
• Rhymes: -anea
• Hyphenation: mi‧scel‧là‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

Plural of miscellaneo, or borrowed from Late Latin miscellānea.

Noun

miscellanea f (plural miscellanee)

1. miscellany

Related terms

• miscellaneo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

miscellanea

1. feminine singular of miscellaneo

Further reading

• miscellanea in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• miscellanea in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• miscellanea in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• miscellanea in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• miscellanea in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• miscellanea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• mesalliance

Latin

Pronunciation

• miscellānea: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mis.kelˈlaː.ne.a/, [mɪs̠kɛlˈlʲäːneä]
• miscellānea: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/, [miʃːelˈläːneä]
• miscellāneā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mis.kelˈlaː.ne.aː/, [mɪs̠kɛlˈlʲäːneäː]
• miscellāneā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.a/, [miʃːelˈläːneä]

Adjective

miscellānea

1. inflection of miscellāneus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

miscellāneā

1. ablative feminine singular of miscellāneus

References

• “miscellanea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mīscellānea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.t͡sɛl.laˈnɛ.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: mis‧cel‧la‧ne‧a

Noun

miscellanea nvir pl

1. (literature) varia, miscellany (collection of diverse texts, thoughts, or notes collected in a publication)

   Synonym: varia

2. (in magazines) miscellany (section devoted to short notes on various subjects)

Declension

Declension of miscellanea

	plural
nominative	miscellanea
genitive	miscellaneów
dative	miscellaneom
accusative	miscellanea
instrumental	miscellaneami
locative	miscellaneach
vocative	miscellanea

Further reading

• miscellanea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• miscellanea in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin miscellanea.

Noun

miscellanea n (uncountable)

1. miscellanea

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	miscellanea	miscellaneaul
genitive-dative	miscellanea	miscellaneaului
vocative	miscellaneaule