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5-letter words (2 found)

LASSO,SOLAS,

4-letter words (7 found)

ALSO,LASS,LOSS,OSSA,SALS,SOLA,SOLS,

3-letter words (7 found)

ALS,ASS,LAS,LOS,SAL,SOL,SOS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AS,LA,LO,OS,SO,

You can make 22 words from lasso according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lasso

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Definitions and meaning of lasso

lasso

Alternative forms

  • lassu (archaic)
  • lazo (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) enPR: lăso͝o', ləso͝o', IPA(key): /læsˈuː/, /ləsˈuː/
  • (US) enPR: lăs'ō, lăs'o͝o, IPA(key): /ˈlæs.oʊ/, /ˈlæs.u/
  • Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Noun

lasso (plural lassos or lassoes)

  1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
  2. (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: laso
  • Dutch: lasso
  • Finnish: lasso
  • German: Lasso
  • Hungarian: lasszó
  • Italian: lasso
  • Macedonian: ласо (laso)
  • Russian: лассо́ (lassó)
  • Slovene: laso

Translations

Verb

lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

  1. (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Derived terms

  • lasso up
  • lassoer
  • lassoist

Translations

See also

  • lariat
  • noose

Anagrams

  • soals

Catalan

Verb

lasso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.soː/
  • Hyphenation: las‧so

Noun

lasso m (plural lasso's, diminutive lassootje n)

  1. lasso

Derived terms

  • lassoën

Finnish

Etymology

English lasso

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑsːo/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːo
  • Syllabification(key): las‧so

Noun

lasso

  1. lasso

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • suopunki

Further reading

  • lasso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.so/
  • Rhymes: -so

Noun

lasso m (plural lassos)

  1. lasso

Further reading

  • “lasso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas.so/
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: làs‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin lassus (weary, tired). For the interjection, compare French hélas, English alas.

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (obsolete, literary)

  1. tired, weary, fatigued, weak
    Synonyms: affaticato, provato, stanco, spossato
    Antonyms: energico, gagliardo, riposato
  2. miserable, unhappy, bleak
    Synonyms: infelice, misero, tapino
    Antonyms: beato, contento, felice

Interjection

lasso

  1. alas
    Synonym: ahimè

Etymology 2

From Latin laxus (yielding, loose).

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (dated, literary)

  1. lax, loose
    Synonyms: lasco, lento
    Antonym: stretto
  2. (figurative) lax, lenient, permissive
    Synonyms: lassista, permissivo
    Antonyms: intransigente, inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso
Related terms
  • lassamente
  • lassativo
  • lassismo
  • lasciare

Etymology 3

From Latin lāpsus, perfect participle of lābor (to slip, flow), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (to hang loosely).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

  1. period (of time). Only used in lasso di tempo (period of time).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lazo and laccio.

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

  1. lariat, lasso
    Synonyms: laccio, lazo

Etymology 5

Deverbal from lassare +‎ -o, variant of lasciare (to leave, to allow).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lassa

Anagrams

  • Salso, salso

Latin

Etymology

From lassus (faint, weary).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlas.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äs̠ːoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlas.so/, [ˈläsːo]

Verb

lassō (present infinitive lassāre, perfect active lassāvī, supine lassātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to exhaust, fatigue, tire, weary, wear out or down; to render faint

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • dēlassō

Related terms

  • lassescō
  • lassitūdō
  • lassulus
  • lassus

Descendants

  • Catalan: lassar
  • French: lasser

Adjective

lassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lassus (tired; exhausted)

References

  • lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lasso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lasso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas.sɔ/
  • Rhymes: -assɔ
  • Syllabification: las‧so

Noun

lasso n

  1. lasso (long rope with a sliding loop)
    Synonym: arkan

Declension

Further reading

  • lasso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lasso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lasso, from Latin lassus (weary; exhausted), from Proto-Indo-European *led- (slow; weary).

Pronunciation

  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈla.s̺u]
  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Homophone: laço
  • Hyphenation: las‧so

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lassas)

  1. weary; very tired; exhausted
    Synonyms: cansadíssimo, exausto, fatigado
    Antonym: descansado
  2. (of a person) degenerate; dissolute (unrestrained by morality)
    Synonyms: degenerado, devasso, imoral, indecente
    Antonyms: casto, decente, decoroso
  3. lax; loose (not tight)
    Synonyms: frouxo, lasseiro, laxo, relaxado, solto
    Antonyms: apertado, retesado
  4. worn out (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)
    Synonyms: gasto, laxo
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lasso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

Swedish

Etymology

From English lasso.

Noun

lasso n

  1. lasso

Declension


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