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• lassu (archaic)
• lazo (archaic)

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

• (UK, Canada) enPR: lăso͞o', ləso͞o', IPA^(key): /læsˈuː/, /ləsˈuː/
• (US) enPR: lăs'ō, lăs'o͞o, IPA^(key): /ˈlæs.oʊ/, /ˈlæs.u/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æsəʊ

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.

   He managed to catch the runaway bull with a lasso.

   She threw the lasso skillfully around the post.

2. (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

While the term "lasso" is most common among the general public, "lariat" also being known, the term "rope" is by far most common among those who practice or spectate modern roping.

• rope
• lariat

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

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

1. (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

   He had to lasso the wild horse before it ran off.

While the term "lasso" is most common among the general public, "lariat" also being known, the term "rope" is by far most common among those who practice or spectate modern roping.

• rope
• lariat

• lasso up
• lassoer
• lassoist

• lariat
• noose

• soals

lasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.soː/

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• Hyphenation: las‧so

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

1. lasso

• lassoën

English lasso

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

lasso

1. lasso

• suopunki

• “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 2 July 2023

Borrowed from English lasso, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lacs.

• IPA^(key): /la.so/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Rhymes: -so

lasso m (plural lassos)

1. lasso

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

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

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

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

1. tired, weary, fatigued, weak

   Synonyms: affaticato, provato, stanco, spossato

   Antonyms: energico, gagliardo, riposato

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso, / ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, / sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso.

     After I had rested my weary body , ⁠I kept going on the desert slope, ⁠so that the firm foot was always the lower one.

2. miserable, unhappy, bleak

   Synonyms: infelice, misero, tapino

   Antonyms: beato, contento, felice

lasso

1. alas

   Synonym: ahimè

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 112–114; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Quando rispuosi, cominciai: “Oh lasso, / quanti dolci pensier, quanto disio / menò costoro al doloroso passo!”.

     When I answered, I began: "Alas! ⁠How many sweet thoughts, how much desire, conducted them unto the painful way!"

From Latin laxus (“yielding, loose”).

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

• lassamente
• lassativo
• lassismo
• lasciare

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

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. period (of time). only used in lasso di tempo (“period of time”).

   Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo.

   This procedure takes a period of time.

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

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. lariat, lasso

   Synonyms: laccio, lazo

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

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. (archaic) alternative form of lassa

• Salso, salso

From lassus (“faint; weary”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫas.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlas.so]

lassō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lassus

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

1. (transitive) to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to weary; to wear out or wear down; to render faint
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.516:

     lassābant agilēs aspera bella virōs

     Harsh wars were exhausting the able-bodied men.

• → Catalan: lassar
• French: lasser

• “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, 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.

Borrowed from English lasso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.sɔ/

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• Rhymes: -assɔ
• Syllabification: las‧so

lasso n

1. lasso, lazo (long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses)

   Synonym: arkan

2. (computing) lasso (image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline)

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

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

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

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

lasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

• “lasso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From English lasso.

lasso n

1. lasso