cos

cos

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Translingual

Symbol

cos

  1. (trigonometry) cosine.
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Corsican.

Derived terms

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Corsican terms

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cos (plural coses)

  1. (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

cos

  1. (UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of cousin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʌz/

Noun

cos (plural cosses)

  1. (informal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.

Etymology 4

From co +‎ -s.

Noun

cos

  1. plural of co

Determiner

cos

  1. (nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
Alternative forms
  • co's

Etymology 5

Noun

cos (plural coses or cos)

  1. Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
    • 1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal, p. 22:
      The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos.

See also

  • cosmid

Anagrams

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • cosu

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to sew

Related terms

  • coasiri/coasire
  • cusut

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔs]

Noun

cos m (plural cossos)

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

Derived terms

References

  • “cos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

  • “cos”, 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
  • “cos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “cos” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

cos

  1. (ACG, informal) cosplay
    玩cos的人  ―  wán cos de rén  ―  someone who cosplays; cosplayer
  2. (ACG, informal) cosplay costume

Verb

cos

  1. (ACG, informal) to cosplay
  2. (slang, by extension) LARP; To pretend to be something, or act as something
    cos共產主義／cos共产主义  ―  cos gòngchǎnzhǔyì  ―  LARP as a communist

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sos]

Pronoun

cos

  1. Alternative form of cosi

Declension

Further reading

  • “cos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “cos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “cos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Friulian

Etymology

From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.

Noun

cos m (plural cos)

  1. basket
    Synonyms: gei, geùt, ceste

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːs̺/
  • Rhymes: -ʊs, -os
  • Hyphenation: cos

Contraction

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

  1. with the

References

  • “con”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cois (Galway)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kosˠ/, /kɔsˠ/, /kɞsˠ/

Noun

cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

  1. foot
  2. leg

Declension

  • Dual: dhá chois

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 185
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kashubian

Alternative forms

  • cosz (regional)

Etymology

From co +‎ -s. Compare Polish coś and Slovincian cesz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Syllabification: cos

Pronoun

cos

  1. indeterminate pronoun; something

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cos”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 18
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “coś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “cos/cosz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔs]

Noun

cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension

  1. whetstone
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • cōtōria
Descendants

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • COS

Noun

cos

  1. abbreviation of consul

References

  • “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
  • "cos", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “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

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cus, kis, kys, kysse, kesse

Etymology

From Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Forms with /i/, /u/ and /ɛ/ are influenced by Old English cyssan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔs/, /kus/, /kis/, /kɛs/

Noun

cos (plural cosses or cossen)

  1. a kiss (action of kissing)
    Synonym: kissynge

Descendants

  • English: kiss
  • Scots: kis
  • Yola: kesse

References

  • “cos, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Cornish

Etymology

Proto-Brythonic *kọs, from Latin cāseus.

Noun

cos

  1. cheese
    • c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 10 recto:

Descendants

  • Middle Cornish: kez, keas
    • Cornish: keus

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kos/

Noun

cos m

  1. Alternative form of coss

Old French

Noun

cos m

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

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kos]

Noun

cos f (genitive coise, nominative plural cossa)

  1. foot
  2. leg

Inflection

Descendants

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

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

  • (Lesser Poland):
    • (Goral):
      • (Żywiec) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔs/

Pronoun

cos

  1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of coś

Further reading

  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “cos”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Contraction

cos m pl (feminine plural cas)

  1. (colloquial) contraction of com os (“with the (masculine plural)”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -os

Verb

cos

  1. inflection of coase:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Spanish

Noun

cos m pl

  1. plural of co

Turkish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒos/

Noun

cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sizzle (the sound of water hitting a hot surface)

Etymology 2

Clipping of cosplay, from English cosplay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkos/

Noun

cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)

  1. abbreviation of cosplay

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