costa

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Usage notes 2.2 Preposition 2.3 Related terms 2.4 References 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 Derived terms 3.2 Verb 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection 4.1.2 Descendants 4.2 See also 5 Portuguese 5.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms 6.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin costa (cognate with coast).

[edit] Noun

costa (plural costas) (Latinate plural costae)

1. (anatomy) A rib.
2. (biology) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: ребро bg(bg)

[edit] Derived terms

• costal

[edit] See also

• bone

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acost
• ascot
• catso
• coast
• coats
• octas
• tacos

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

costa f. (plural costes)

1. coast
2. slope
3. rib
4. the underside of an insect's wing

[edit] Usage notes

In the plural, costes can also refer to legal expenses.

[edit] Preposition

costa

[edit] Related terms

• costal
• costàlgia
• costaner
• costat
• costejar
• costella

[edit] References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

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[edit] Italian

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[edit] Noun

costa f. (plural coste)

1. coast
2. shore
3. slope (of a mountain)
4. (anatomy) rib
5. (botany) rib, vein
6. spine (of a book)

[edit] Synonyms

• (anatomy) costola

[edit] Derived terms

• costale

[edit] Verb

costa

1. Third-person singular present tense of costare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of costare.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

costa (genitive costae); f, first declension

1. a rib
2. a side, a wall

   Costae navium.

   The sides of ships.

   Costae aheni.

   The sides of a cauldron.

   Tergora diripere costis.

   To tear off the skin.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	costa	costae
genitive	costae	costārum
dative	costae	costīs
accusative	costam	costās
ablative	costā	costīs
vocative	costa	costae

[edit] Descendants

• English: costa

[edit] See also

• os

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[edit] Portuguese

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[edit] Noun

costa

1. coast (shoreline)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Galician costa or Catalan costa

[edit] Noun

costa f. (plural costas)

1. coast, shore
2. expense, costs in certain expressions.

   vivir a costa de

[edit] Related terms

• costal m.
• costero
• costado m.
• costanero
• costo m.
• coste m.

[edit] See also

• litoral m.
• orilla f.