fossa
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”). Doublet of fosse.
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Noun edit
fossa (plural fossae or (obsolete) fossæ)
- (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
- Hyponyms: cubital fossa, fossa of Rosenmüller, glenoid fossa, iliac fossa, incisive fossa, infratemporal fossa, nasal fossa, piriform fossa, popliteal fossa, pterygopalatine fossa, rhomboid fossa, suprainiac fossa, temporal fossa
- Coordinate terms: fovea, sinus
- (astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
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References edit
- fossa (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowing from Malagasy fosa which likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift,[1] thus cognate with Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa both meaning "cat".
Pronunciation edit
- Approximation of Malagasy pronunciation [ˈfusə̥]:
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- Rhymes: -uːsə, -ʊsə, -ɒsə, -ɑsə, -ɔsə
Noun edit
fossa (plural fossas)
- A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.
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References edit
- fossa (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “fossa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fossa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
fossa f (plural fosses)
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Etymology 2 edit
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fossa f (plural fosses)
Etymology 3 edit
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fossa
- inflection of fossar:
Further reading edit
- “fossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From fosik or fos + -ja (personal suffix)
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fossa
- third-person singular indicative present definite of fosik or fos
- third-person singular subjunctive present definite of fosik or fos
Usage notes edit
This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- fossa (…) le, le … fossa ― lefossa ― lefos
- and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔsːa
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fossa
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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fossa f (plural fosse)
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Further reading edit
- fossa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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fossa
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of fossa terra (“dug-up earth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sa/, [ˈfɔs̠ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sa/, [ˈfɔsːä]
Noun edit
fossa f (genitive fossae); first declension
- (literal)
- a gutter, waterway
- Synonym: colliciae
- a furrow drawn to mark foundations
- (Late Latin) a grave
- (transferred sense) a boundary
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | fossa | fossae |
Genitive | fossae | fossārum |
Dative | fossae | fossīs |
Accusative | fossam | fossās |
Ablative | fossā | fossīs |
Vocative | fossa | fossae |
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Descendants edit
- → Albanian: fushë
- Asturian: fuexa, → fosa
- → Byzantine Greek: φόσσα (phóssa)
- → Catalan: fossa
- → English: fossa, fosse
- → French: fosse, fossé
- Friulian: fuesse
- Galician: focha, → fosa
- → Italian: fossa, fosso
- → Occitan: fòssa
- → Portuguese: fossa
- Romanian: foasă, → fosă
- → Romansch: fossa
- → Sicilian: fossa, fossu
- Spanish: huesa, → fosa
- Venetian: fosa
- → Welsh: ffos
References edit
- “fossa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fossa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fossa 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)
- fossa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a ditch, a fosse: fossam ducere
- to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
- to make a ditch, a fosse: fossam ducere
- “fossa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fossa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Verb edit
fossa
- inflection of fosse:
- simple past
- past participle
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fossa m (definite singular fossaen, indefinite plural fossaer, definite plural fossaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fossa m (definite singular fossaen, indefinite plural fossaer or fossaar, definite plural fossaene or fossaane)
Etymology 2 edit
From the noun foss m (“waterfall”).
Alternative forms edit
- fosse (e- and split infinitives)
Verb edit
fossa (present tense fossar, past tense fossa, past participle fossa, passive infinitive fossast, present participle fossande, imperative fossa/foss)
References edit
- “fossa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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fossa
- genitive plural indefinite of foss m
Polish edit
Etymology edit
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fossa f
- fossa (any mammal of the genus Cryptoprocta)
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Further reading edit
- fossa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Noun edit
fossa f (plural fossas)
- hole, hollow, cavity
- Synonym: cova
- septic tank
- (geology) oceanic trench
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English fossa, from Malagasy fosa.[2]
Noun edit
fossa f (plural fossas)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
fossa
- inflection of fossar:
References edit
- ^ “fossa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “fossa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.