different between mosaic vs onycha

English

Alternative forms

• mosaick (obsolete)
• musaic (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (????? (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m???ze?k/, /m???ze?.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo??ze?.?k/, /mo??ze?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k, -e??k

Noun

mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)

1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
2. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
3. (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
4. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Derived terms

• mosaicist

Translations

Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

1. (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

Related terms

• alphamosaic
• mosaicism
• mosaicist
• photomosaic

See also

• intarsia
• mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) , “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678

Anagrams

• Amicos, Samoic

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?zajk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?zajk/

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

1. mosaic

Friulian

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

1. mosaic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

Noun

onycha (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
2. (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (ónux) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta  Hebrew ????????? (š???le?).

Noun

onycha f (genitive onychae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally

   Synonyms: unguis od?r?tus, blatta byzant?na, blatta byzantia, opercula cochle?rum

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• onycha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)