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

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/, [ˈäs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.so/, [ˈäsːo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		assāre	assāvisse	assātūrum esse	assārī	assātum esse	assātum īrī
participles		assāns	—	assātūrus	—	assātus	assandus
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
• 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 + so. (to his/for his or to her/for her)
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v.

     e por eſſol dizen ualle lȧcmm. q̇ allẏ ploro adȧ. 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