couso

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkowso/ [ˈkow.s̺ʊ]

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• Rhymes: -owso
• Hyphenation: cou‧so

Etymology 1

From cousa (“thing”), from Latin causa.

Noun

couso m (plural cousos)

1. thingy; thing (used as a wildcard for naming something which name we don't remember or ignore)

   Synonyms: chintófano, chisme, conto

   E logo o couso ese ten Internet?

   And so this thingy has Internet?

Etymology 2

Attested as causo in local Medieval Latin documents at least since the 9th century. Probably from Latin capsus.

Last tract of a couso, Cotobade, Galicia

Noun

couso m (plural cousos)

1. large open box like container used for storing grain
2. a trap for wolves consisting of two long converging walls and a central walled pit where wolves were driven for being killed, usually on an annual basis

   Synonyms: foxo, lobeira

3. (nautical, dated) port

   Synonym: babor

   Antonyms: arca, estribor

Derived terms

• Couselo
• Couso
• Cousos

Etymology 3

Verb

couso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cousir

References

• “couso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “couso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “couso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “couso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From co- +‎ uso.

Noun

couso m (plural cousi)

1. joint use

Latin

Participle

coūsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of coūsus