cos
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]cos
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Cos, name of the Greek island from where it was introduced.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒs/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒs
Noun
[edit]cos (plural coses)
- Romaine lettuce: a variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA(key): /kəz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kʌz/; (unstressed) IPA(key): /kəz/
Conjunction
[edit]cos
- (UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
- 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161:
- Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos (plural cosses)
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos
Pronoun
[edit]cos
- (nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive adjective, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
- 1975, Valida Davila, “A Child’s Sexual Bill of Rights”, in Bernhardt J. Hurwood, editor, The Whole Sex Catalogue, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 287:
- WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […]
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *cōsō, from Latin consuō. Compare Romanian coase, cos.
Verb
[edit]cos first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative coasi or coase, past participle cusutã)
- to sew
Related terms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos m (plural cossos)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “cos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
[edit]- “cos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cos” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Chinese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]cos
Verb
[edit]cos
- (ACG, informal) to cosplay
- (slang, by extension) LARP; To pretend to be something, or act as something
Derived terms
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]cos
- Alternative form of cosi
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “cos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Friulian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.
Noun
[edit]cos m (plural cos)
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”).
Contraction
[edit]cos m pl (masculine co, feminine coa, feminine plural coas)
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cos,[1] from Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-, whence also Latin coxa (“hip”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- a chois (“beside”)
- alt na coise
- ar cois (“afoot”)
- bord scríbhneoireachta coise (“pedestal writing-table”)
- caol na coise (“ankle”)
- cois
- coisbheart (“footwear”)
- coiscéim (“footstep”)
- coisdeargán (“redshank”)
- coisí (“pedestrian”)
- coisigh (“travel on foot”)
- coislí (“footpath”)
- coistéad (“footrope”)
- cor coise (“act of tripping someone”)
- cos bhacóide (“one leg (of the two)”)
- cos deiridh (“hind leg”)
- cos dubh (“maidenhair”)
- cos ghé (“goosefoot”)
- cos thinn (“rainy day”)
- cos tosaigh (“front leg”)
- cos-ardach (“arched; high-stepping”)
- cos-scamallach (“web-footed”)
- cos-slua (“infantry”)
- cosa fuara (“stilts”)
- cosa in airde
- cosacán (“fetter”)
- cosán (“path”)
- cosbhalla (“footwall”)
- cosbhuí (“yellow-footed”)
- cosdaingean (“sure-footed”)
- cosdeargán
- coséadrom (“light-footed”)
- cosfhada (“long-legged”)
- coslia (“podiatrist”)
- cosligthe (“unfettered”)
- cosluath (“light-footed”)
- cosmhuintir (“hangers-on, dependants”)
- costinn (“footsore”)
- costirim (“dry-footed”)
- crágchos (“cheliped”)
- de chois
- deil choise (“treadle”)
- droichead coise (“footbridge”)
- gearrchosach (“short-legged; short-handled”)
- i gcois (“beside”)
- in aghaidh do chos
- in éadan do chos (“reluctantly”)
- ionga coise (“toenail”)
- le cois (“in addition to”)
- maide coise (“stretcher”)
- méar coise (“toe”)
- muileann coise (“treadmill”)
- saighdiúir coise (“foot soldier”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cos | chos | gcos |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 350, page 120
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 185
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Kashubian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From co + -s. Compare Polish coś and Slovincian cesz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]cos
- indeterminate pronoun; something
Further reading
[edit]- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cos”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 18
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “coś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “cos/cosz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Italic *kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cautēs (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /koːs/, [koːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kos/, [kɔs]
Noun
[edit]cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōs | cōtēs |
Genitive | cōtis | cōtum |
Dative | cōtī | cōtibus |
Accusative | cōtem | cōtēs |
Ablative | cōte | cōtibus |
Vocative | cōs | cōtēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos
- Abbreviation of consul.
References
[edit]- “cos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cos 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)
- “cos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Forms with /i/, /u/ and /ɛ/ are influenced by Old English cyssan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “cos, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proto-Brythonic *kọs, from Latin cāseus.
Noun
[edit]cos
Descendants
[edit]Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos m
- Alternative form of coss
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos m
- inflection of cop:
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-. Cognate with Latin coxa (“hip”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos f (genitive coise, nominative plural cossa)
Inflection
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cosL | coisL | cosaH, cossaH |
Vocative | cosL | coisL | cosaH, cossaH |
Accusative | coisN | coisL | cosaH, cossaH |
Genitive | coiseH | cosL | cosN |
Dative | coisL | cosaib | cosaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cos | chos | cos pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Contraction
[edit]cos m pl (feminine plural cas)
- (colloquial) Contraction of com os (“with the (masculine plural)”).
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -os
Verb
[edit]cos
- inflection of coase:
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos m pl
Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)
- (onomatopoeia) sizzle (the sound of water hitting a hot surface)
Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of cosplay, from English cosplay.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)
- Abbreviation of cosplay.
- O kadar Kalista cos yapmışsındır ama gelen soru "mavi mi"dir.
- When you went through the effort of doing a Kalista cosplay but all they do is ask "is it blue?".
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