cos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cos"

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TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

cos

1. (trigonometry) a symbol of the trigonometric function cosine.

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs

NounEdit

cos

1. A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

TranslationsEdit

A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves

• Finnish: sidesalaatti

• German: römischer Salat m, Lattich m

Etymology 2Edit

From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kʌz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/

ConjunctionEdit

cos

1. (Britain, South Africa, African American Vernacular) because

TranslationsEdit

because — see because

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of cousin

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʌz/

NounEdit

cos (plural cosses)

1. (informal, African American Vernacular) cousin, cuz

See alsoEdit

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

AnagramsEdit

• CSO, OCS, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.

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AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cosu

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *cōsō, from Latin consuō. Compare Daco-Romanian coase, cos.

VerbEdit

cos (third-person singular present indicative coasi/coase, past participle cusutã)

1. I sew.

Related termsEdit

• coasiri/coasire
• cusut

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal cors, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs/

NounEdit

cos m (plural cossos)

1. body (physical structure of a human or animal)
2. body, corpse

   Synonyms: cadàver

Further readingEdit

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

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FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.

NounEdit

cos m (plural cos)

1. basket

SynonymsEdit

• gei, geùt, ceste

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine plural definite article os (“the”)

ContractionEdit

cos m pl (masculine co, feminine coa, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

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IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cois (Cois Fharraige)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koks-, whence also Latin coxa (“hip”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔsˠ/

NounEdit

cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

1. foot
2. leg

DeclensionEdit

Declension of cos

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cos cosa Vocative a chos a chosa Genitive coise cos Dative cois cosa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chos na cosa Genitive na coise na gcos Dative leis an gcois don chois leis na cosa

• Dual: dhá chois

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from cos

• a chois (“beside”)
• alt na coise, caol na coise (“ankle”)
• ar cois (“afoot”)
• bord scríbhneoireachta coise (“pedestal writing-table”)
• cois, de chois, i gcois (“beside”)
• coisbheart (“footwear”)
• coiscéim (“footstep”)
• coisí (“pedestrian”)
• coisigh (“travel on foot”, verb)
• coislí (“footpath”)
• coistéad (“footrope”)
• cor coise (“act of tripping someone”)
• cosacán (“fetter”)
• cosa fuara (“stilts”)
• cosán (“path”)

• cos-ardach (“arched; high-stepping”, adjective)
• cos bhacóide (“one leg (of the two)”)
• cosbhalla (“footwall”)
• cosbhuí (“yellow-footed”, adjective)
• cosdaingean (“sure-footed”, adjective)
• cosdeargán, coisdeargán (“redshank”)
• cos deiridh (“hind leg”)
• cos dubh (“maidenhair”)
• coséadrom (“light-footed”, adjective)
• cosfhada (“long-legged”, adjective)
• cos ghé (“goosefoot”)
• coslia (“podiatrist”)
• cosligthe (“unfettered”, adjective)
• cosluath (“light-footed”, adjective)
• cosmhuintir (“hangers-on, dependants”)

• cos-scamallach (“web-footed”, adjective)
• cos-slua (“infantry”)
• cos thinn (“rainy day”) (difficult period)
• costinn (“footsore”, adjective)
• costirim (“dry-footed”, adjective)
• cos tosaigh (“front leg”)
• crágchos (“cheliped”)
• deil choise (“treadle”)
• gearrchosach (“short-legged; short-handled”, adjective)
• in aghaidh do chos, in éadan do chos (“reluctantly”)
• le cois (“in addition to”)
• maide coise (“stretcher”) (in rowing)
• méar coise (“toe”)
• muileann coise (“treadmill”)
• saighdiúir coise (“foot soldier”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cos	chos	gcos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• “cos” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cos” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cos" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cautēs (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːs/

NounEdit

cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension

1. whetstone

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōs	cōtēs
genitive	cōtis	cōtum
dative	cōtī	cōtibus
accusative	cōtem	cōtēs
ablative	cōte	cōtibus
vocative	cōs	cōtēs

Derived termsEdit

• cōtōria

DescendantsEdit

• French: queux
• Italian: cote, cotano
• Romanian: cute
• Spanish: codón

ReferencesEdit

• cos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “cos”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• cos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cos in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

cos m

1. inflection of cop:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koks-. Cognate with Latin coxa (“hip”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kos/

NounEdit

cos f

1. foot
2. leg

InflectionEdit

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

DescendantsEdit

• Irish: cos
• Manx: cass
• Scottish Gaelic: cas

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cos	chos	cos pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• “cos” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -os

VerbEdit

cos

1. first-person singular present tense form of coase.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of coase.
3. third-person plural present tense form of coase.