Kos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

English

Alternative forms

• Cos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs) and modern Greek Κως (Kos).

Proper noun

Kos

1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

Translations

island

• Arabic: كُوس f (kūs)

  Hijazi Arabic: كوس f (kōs)

• French: Cos (fr)
• Greek: Κως (el) (Kos)

  Ancient: Κῶς f (Kôs)

• Italian: Coo
• Japanese: コス島 (kosu-tō)
• Latin: Cōs, Cous, Coos
• Ottoman Turkish: استانكوی (istanköy)
• Polish: Kos (pl) n
• Portuguese: Cós
• Russian: Кос (ru) m (Kos)
• Turkish: İstanköy

Anagrams

• OK's, OKs, Sok, s'ok

Czech

Etymology

From kos (“blackbird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkos]

Proper noun

Kos m anim (female equivalent Kosová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kos (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kos	Kosové
genitive	Kosa	Kosů
dative	Kosovi	Kosům
accusative	Kosa	Kosy
vocative	Kose	Kosové
locative	Kosovi	Kosech
instrumental	Kosem	Kosy

Further reading

• “Kos”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German Low German

Noun

Kos ? (plural has not been set)

1. alternative spelling of Koss

Hungarian

Etymology

From the noun kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʃ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Kos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Proper noun

Kos

1. Aries

See also

Zodiac signs in Hungarian · csillagjegy (layout · text)
Kos	Bika	Ikrek	Rák
Oroszlán	Szűz	Mérleg	Skorpió
Nyilas	Bak	Vízöntő	Halak

Plautdietsch

Noun

Kos f (plural Kose)

1. goat

Polish

Etymology

From kos (“blackbird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: Kos
• Homophone: kos

Proper noun

Kos m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kos

	singular	plural
nominative	Kos	Kosowie/Kosy (deprecative)
genitive	Kosa	Kosów
dative	Kosowi	Kosom
accusative	Kosa	Kosów
instrumental	Kosem	Kosami
locative	Kosie	Kosach
vocative	Kosie	Kosowie

Proper noun

Kos f (indeclinable, traditional married form Kosowa, traditional unmarried form Kosówna)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Kos”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kos (“blackbird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôːs/

Proper noun

Kȏs m (Cyrillic spelling Ко̑с)

1. a surname

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔs]

Proper noun

Kos m pers (female equivalent Kosová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kos
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Kos	Kovia	Kovci
genitive	Ka	Kov	Kovcov
dative	Kovi	Kom	Kovcom
accusative	Ka	Kov	Kovcov
locative	Kovi	Koch	Kovcoch
instrumental	Kom	Kmi	Kovcami

Further reading

• “Kos”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025