mosaic
/məʊˈzeɪɪk/moh-ZAY-ik
/moʊˈzeɪɪk/moh-ZAY-ik
Meaningof the Muses
Common meaning: a picture made of small tiles
- mosa Muse; music, the artsLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 520 · scan
- aicadjective ending: having to do with
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek Μοῦσα ‘a Muse; music, the arts’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry Μοῦσα, p. 520 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry AMUSE, p. 22 · dictionary scan
Roots
- Μοῦσα Greek “a Muse; music, the arts”
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