fosse
English
Alternative forms
- foss
Etymology
From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɑs/, /fɔs/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /fɑs/
- Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs
Noun
fosse (plural fosses)
- A ditch or moat.
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview 2004, p. 486:
- [T]he ground was […] scattered with the masses of ruined buildings, that had formerly been part of the outward fortifications, but of which some were fallen into the fosse, and others overgrown with alder, ash, and arbeal.
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview 2004, p. 486:
- (anatomy) Alternative form of fossa
Derived terms
- fosse road
- fosseway
Translations
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French
Etymology
From Middle French fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fos/
Audio (file) - Homophones: fausse, fausses, fosses
Noun
fosse f (plural fosses)
- pit (hole in the ground)
Derived terms
- fosse commune
- fosse septique
- fossette
Further reading
- “fosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
From earlier fusse, from Latin fuisset, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH- (“to become, be”).
Alternative forms
- fusse (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfos.se/
- Rhymes: -osse
- Hyphenation: fós‧se
Verb
fosse
- third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of essere
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔs.se/
- Rhymes: -ɔsse
- Hyphenation: fòs‧se
Noun
fosse f
- plural of fossa
Anagrams
- fesso
Ladin
Verb
fosse
- first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ester
Latin
Participle
fosse
- vocative masculine singular of fossus
References
- fosse 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)
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fosse, from Latin fossa.
Noun
fosse f (plural fosses)
- fosse
Derived terms
- French: fosse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun foss.
Verb
fosse (imperative foss, present tense fosser, passive fosses, simple past and past participle fossa or fosset, present participle fossende)
- to cascade, gush, pour, rush, foam
References
- “fosse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “fosse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the noun foss.
Verb
fosse (present tense fossar, past tense fossa, past participle fossa, passive infinitive fossast, present participle fossande, imperative fosse/foss)
- to cascade, gush, pour, rush, foam
Alternative forms
- fossa
References
- “fosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin fossa.
Noun
fosse f (oblique plural fosses, nominative singular fosse, nominative plural fosses)
- fosse
- hole in the ground
- a grave
Descendants
- Middle French: fosse
- French: fosse
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fosse, supplement)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfo.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfo.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfo.s(ɨ)/
- Homophone: fouce
- Hyphenation: fos‧se
Verb
fosse
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.s(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: fos‧se
Verb
fosse
- inflection of fossar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative