Cosmo

See also: cosmo and cosmo-

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).

Proper noun

Cosmo

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Gësmëni
• Finnish: Kuisma (fi)
• French: Côme (fr)
• Galician: Colme, Corme, Cosme (gl)
• Italian: Cosimo (it), Cosmo
• Romanian: Cosmin (ro)
• Russian: Кузьма́ (ru) (Kuzʹmá)
• Spanish: Cosme (es)

Etymology 2

Clipping of Cosmopolitan.

Proper noun

Cosmo

1. (slang) Cosmopolitan, an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.

Derived terms

• Cosmospeak

Anagrams

• COMOs, MOOCs, Mosco, SOCOM, ScoMo, Scomo, cooms, mocos

Italian

Proper noun

Cosmo m

1. a male given name, variant of Cosimo, equivalent to English Cosmo

Anagrams

• Mosco, mosco