tosca

See also: Tosca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtos.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tosca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tosca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Noun

tosca f pl

1. plural of toisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tosca	thosca	dtosca

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.ka/
• 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): /ˈtɔs.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔska
• Hyphenation: tò‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

Anagrams

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• toxa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *toskō, from Proto-Germanic *tuskô, which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“to burn”), see also Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō), Welsh deifio, Proto-Germanic *teuną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʃ.ʃɑ/

Noun

tosċa m

1. toad
2. frog

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	tosċa	tosċan
accusative	tosċan	tosċan
genitive	tosċan	tosċena
dative	tosċan	tosċum

Derived terms

• *tosċanlēac

Related terms

• tysċa

Portuguese

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from the adjective tosco (“crude, coarse, rough”).

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10