tessera.
card; credit card
Meaning & usage
card; credit card
pass
tessera (small square piece used for making a mosaic)
domino
Where this word comes from
From Latin tessera (“a cube, a die with numbers on all six sides”), from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”). Cognate with Piedmontese téssera.
inflection of tesserare: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of tesserare: second-person singular imperative
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