tessera
tessera · tesserae
A small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaicA small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
Meaning
3 sensesA small square piece of stone, wood, ivory or glass used for making a mosaic.
a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
A complex-ridged surface feature seen on plateau highlands of Venus and perhaps on Triton.
(rare)An ancient Roman die.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from AncientBorrowed from Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”).
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Forms
plural: tesseraeWord family
4 related wordsRelatedtessellate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular