tosca

See also: Tosca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtos.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtos.ka]

Etymology 1

From tosc +‎ -a.

Noun

tosca f (plural tosques)

1. deposit, incrustation, scale

   Synonym: incrustació

2. (dentistry) tartar
3. pumice

   Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita

4. (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree)

Derived terms

• toscar
• toscós
• tosquejar

Etymology 2

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosc

Further reading

• “tosca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska̝/

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. soft stone

References

• “tosca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tosca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Noun

tosca f pl

1. plural of toisc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tosca	thosca	dtosca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.ska/
• Rhymes: -oska
• Hyphenation: tó‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ska/
• Rhymes: -ɔska
• Hyphenation: tò‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

Anagrams

• Costa, Tasco, casto, costa, costà, scato-, scota

Portuguese

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska/ [ˈt̪os.ka]
• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: tos‧ca

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. (geology) tuff
2. (dental hygiene) tartar

   Synonym: sarro

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Further reading

• “tosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014