tosse

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þurs (“giant, ogre”).

Noun

tosse c (singular definite tossen, plural indefinite tosser)

1. simpleton

Inflection

Declension of tosse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tosse	tossen	tosser	tosserne
genitive	tosses	tossens	tossers	tossernes

Verb

tosse (imperative tos, infinitive at tosse, present tense tosser, past tense tossede, perfect tense har tosset)

1. fool, fool about, fool around

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tussem, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.se/
• Rhymes: -osse
• Hyphenation: tós‧se

• Audio:

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Noun

tosse f (plural tossi)

1. cough (condition that causes one to cough)

Related terms

• colpo di tosse - cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
• tossicone
• tossire

Anagrams

• Sesto, sesto, soste, steso, tesso

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Probably from Danish.

Noun

tosse f (definite singular tossa, indefinite plural tosser, definite plural tossene)

1. (derogatory, rare or dated) a stupid, foolish woman

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) past tense of tykkja

References

• “tosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: tos‧se

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tosse, from Latin tussis (“cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Noun

tosse f (plural tosses)

1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
2. (uncountable, familiar) common cold

   Synonyms: (Portugal) constipação, constipação nasal, gripe, nasofaringite, (Brazil) resfriado, rinofaringite

Derived terms

• antitosse
• tosse convulsa
• ver o que é bom para tosse

Related terms

• tossegoso
• tosseira
• tossicar
• tossiculoso
• tossidela
• tossido
• tossiquento
• tossir

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

1. inflection of tossir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔs/

Noun

tosse m or f (plural tosses)

1. cough

Related terms

• tossî
• tossaedje