cossa
Catalan
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈko.sə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈko.sa/
- Homophone: coça
Noun
cossa f (plural cosses)
- (historical) dry measure for grain, equivalent to 2.5 kg
Further reading
- “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: cossas, cossât
Verb
cossa
- third-person singular past historic of cosser
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin causa.
Noun
cossa f (plural cosses)
- thing, object
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- cosse
Verb
cossa (present tense cossar, past tense cossa, past participle cossa, passive infinitive cossast, present participle cossande, imperative cossa/coss)
- (informal) to cosplay as something
Synonyms
- cosplaya
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkosa/
Noun
cossa
- nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cos
Etymology 2
Univerbation of co (“to, toward”) + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)
Article
cossa
- to the, toward the (neuter accusative singular)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cossa | chossa | cossa pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||