cosa
Aragonese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cosa f (plural cosas)
- thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
- 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 67:
- Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]
- Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]
Pronoun
cosa
- nothing (not any thing)
- May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:
- Respondioron: muito 0,00 % / prou 33,3 % / poco 66,7 % / cosa 0,00 %
- They answered: a lot 0.00% / enough 33.3% / a little 66.7% / nothing 0.00%
- May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
cosa f (plural coses)
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin causa. Compare Occitan causa and chausa, French chose, Spanish cosa, Italian cosa. Doublet of causa, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
cosa f (plural coses)
Derived terms
Pronoun
cosa
Usage notes
- The Italianism cosa? ('what?') is found within Algherese and is commonly used by speakers thereof, but is deemed by the IEC as something to be avoided.
See also
References
- “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 33
Galician
Verb
cosa
- inflection of coser:
Interlingua
Noun
cosa (plural cosas)
Irish
Pronunciation
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Noun
cosa f pl
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cosa | chosa | gcosa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Istriot
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).
Noun
cosa f
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. The pronoun is a clipping of che cosa.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔsa
- Hyphenation: cò‧sa
Noun
cosa f (plural cose)
Pronoun
cosa
- what?
- what!
Derived terms
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
cosa oblique singular, f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)
- (very early Old French) Alternative form of chose
Usage notes
- Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin causa. Cognates include Middle English cause, Old French chose, Old Galician-Portuguese cousa, Italian cosa.
Pronunciation
Noun
cosa
Descendants
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Homophones: coza, cousa
- Rhymes: -ozɐ
- Hyphenation: co‧sa
Verb
cosa
- inflection of coser:
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin causa. Compare Italian cosa.
Pronunciation
Noun
cosa f (plural cosi)
Further reading
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “cosa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 994–997
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. Cognates include French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa.
Noun
cosa f (plural cosas)
- thing (object, concept)
- (informal) thing (living being or creature)
- cosas hermosas ― pretty [little] things
Alternative forms
- coso (dialectal, for masculine nouns)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cosa
- inflection of coser:
Further reading
- “cosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Aragonese terms inherited from Latin
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- Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Aragonese/osa
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- Aragonese lemmas
- Aragonese nouns
- Aragonese feminine nouns
- Aragonese terms with quotations
- Aragonese pronouns
- Asturian terms inherited from Latin
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- Italian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔza
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- Old French lemmas
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ozɐ
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- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Sicilian/ɔsa
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- Sicilian lemmas
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- Rhymes:Spanish/osa
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