gosh

gosh

English

Etymology

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒʃ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Interjection

gosh

1. (minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow

   Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!

   Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

Translations

mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm

Armenian: Աստվա՜ծ իմ (Astva!c im) Catalan: ostres (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 唉 (zh) (āi), 啊呀 (zh) (āyā) Dutch: gossie (nl) Esperanto: ĉielo (eo) Finnish: jukra (fi), jumpe (fi), juku (fi), samperi (fi), peijakas (fi) French: bon sang (fr) Galician: carai, carafio, diola German: meine Güte, Mensch (de), Mann (de) Greek: αμάν (el) (amán) Hiligaynon: abá Italian: perbacco (it), accidenti (it), diamine, accipicchia (it) Macedonian: ле́ле (mk) (léle), (О) Бо́же (Bóže)! Maori: aeha, ēhe, ai, wī, āwaiā Norwegian: jøss, jøsses, jøssenam Polish: kurczę (pl), o matko, jeju, jejku (pl), jej (pl), o ja cię, a to ci dopiero Portuguese: meu Deus (pt), nossa (pt)!, poxa (pt), puxa (pt), caramba! (pt) f, com a breca! Russian: (О) Бо́же (ru) (Bóže)! Spanish: Dios mío, caramba (es), cáspita, jolines (es), joroba (es), caracoles (es), pardiez Turkish: Allah Allah, anne (tr) (childish), aneyy (colloquial,, dialectal)

See also

• damn

Anagrams

• GOHs, GSOH, GoHs, Gohs, gsoh, hogs, shog