cos

See also Cos, 'cos, coś, and coș

Translingual

Symbol

cos

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

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English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

cos

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

Translations

A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves

• Finnish: sidesalaatti

• German: römischer Salat (de) m, Lattich (de) m

Etymology 2

From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA: /kəz/

Conjunction

cos

1. (UK) because

Translations

because — see because

See also

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

Anagrams

• CSO, OCS, SCO, soc, soc., SOC

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cosu

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. I sew.

Related terms

• coasire/coasiri
• cusut

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Catalan

Etymology

Old Provençal cors, from Latin corpus

Noun

cos m (plural cossos)

1. body

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Galician

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. with the

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Irish

Alternative forms

• cois (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Old Irish cos.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɔsˠ]

Noun

cos f (genitive coise, nominative plural cosa)

1. foot
2. leg

Declension

Declension of cos

Second declension

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

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

Mutation

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.

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Latin

Noun

cōs (genitive cōtis); f, third declension

1. whetstone

Inflection

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

Descendants

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

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Old French

Noun

cos m

1. Nominative singular of cop
2. Oblique plural of cop

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Old Irish

Noun

cos f

1. foot
2. leg

Descendants

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

References

• Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [1]

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Romanian

Verb

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.