Picasso
See also: picasso
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Picasso
- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish painter, best known as a founder of the Cubist movement.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Pablo Picasso
Further reading edit
- “Picasso”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Picasso.
Proper noun edit
Picasso m anim
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- picasso (work of art by Pablo Picasso)
Etymology edit
From pica (“pike, lance”)[1] or Italian pica (“magpie”), in which case it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Picasso m (plural Picassos)
- Picasso (work of art by Pablo Picasso)
Proper noun edit
Picasso m or f by sense
- a surname
- Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist
References edit
- ^ Schoell-Glass, Charlotte (2005) Orientations – Space/Time/Image/Word: Word & Image Interactions 5 (in French), Rodopi, →ISBN, page 96:
- Certaines lectures ésotériques vont même jusqu’à avancer que le guerrier tombé dans la pose du crucifié, renvoie à Perceval, à cause de l’épée brisée dans sa main, et qu’au centre il y aurait une représentation cryptique d’une bataille mystique entre Picasso (pica signifie lance en espagnol) et un Hitler wagnérien (le cheval blessé; cf. Harris).
- ^ “Picasso”, in House of Names, 2020 June 19 (last accessed): “The name Picasso is derived from the central southern Italian word "pica" meaning a "magpie;" as such, it was likely originally a nickname for a gossipy or wordy person.”