fosse

See also fossé, and fôsse

English

Alternative forms

• foss

Etymology

Via Old French, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).

Noun

fosse (plural fosses)

1. A ditch or moat

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French

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Etymology

From Latin fossa.

Noun

fosse f (plural fosses)

1. pit (hole in the ground)

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Italian

Noun

fosse f

1. Plural form of fossa

Verb

fosse

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of essere

Anagrams

• fesso

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Latin

Participle

fosse

1. vocative masculine singular of fossus

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin fossa.

Noun

fosse f (plural fosses)

1. fosse

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Old French

Etymology

Latin fossa.

Noun

fosse f (oblique plural fosses, nominative singular fosse, nominative plural fosses)

1. fosse
2. hole in the ground
3. a grave

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)

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Portuguese

Verb

fosse

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of fossar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of fossar
3. first-person singular imperative of fossar
4. third-person singular imperative of fossar