foce

foce

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin focem, a popular variant of faucem, a word form of Latin fauces (“throat”).Cognate with Italian fauce, which is borrowed from Latin whereas foce is inherited (doublets).Cognates include Occitan foz, Portuguese foz, Spanish hoz. [1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -otʃe

Noun

foce f (plural foci)

1. mouth (of a river)

   Synonym: bocca (rare)

Derived terms

• foce a delta (“delta”)
• foce a estuario (“estuary”)

See also

• fiume (“river”)
• sbocco

References

1. “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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Latin

Noun

foce

1. vocative singular of focus

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Polish

Noun

foce f

1. dative singular of foka
2. locative singular of foka