cossa

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.sa]
• Homophone: coça

Noun

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. (historical) dry measure for grain, equivalent to 2.5 kg

Further reading

• “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cossas, cossât

Verb

cossa

1. third-person singular past historic of cosser

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Noun

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. thing, object

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cosse

Verb

cossa (present tense cossar, past tense cossa, past participle cossa, passive infinitive cossast, present participle cossande, imperative cossa/coss)

1. (informal) to cosplay as something

Synonyms

• cosplaya

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/

Etymology 1

Noun

cossa

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cos

Etymology 2

Univerbation of co (“to, toward”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)

Article

cossa

1. to the, toward the (neuter accusative singular)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cossa	chossa	cossa pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.