cosa

See also: Cosa, cósa, and cosà

Aragonese

FWOTD – 8 January 2016

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/

Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 67:

     Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]

     Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]

Pronoun

cosa

1. nothing (not any thing)
   • May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:

     Respondioron: muito 0,00 % / prou 33,3 % / poco 66,7 % / cosa 0,00 %

     They answered: a lot 0.00% / enough 33.3% / a little 66.7% / nothing 0.00%

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• cousa

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing

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Catalan

Etymology

From , inherited from Latin causa. Cognate to the Catalan doublet causa, borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.za]

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing
2. affair, matter

Derived terms

• alguna cosa

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Galician

Verb

cosa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser

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Interlingua

Noun

cosa (plural cosas)

1. thing

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌsˠə/

Noun

cosa f pl

1. nominative/dative plural of cos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cosa	chosa	gcosa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

Noun

cosa f

1. thigh

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Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːza/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːsa/

• Audio (Northern):

  (file)

Noun

cosa f (plural cose)

1. thing, matter

Pronoun

cosa

1. what?
2. what!

Derived terms

• qualcosa
• che cosa
• Cosa Nostra

Anagrams

• caos
• caso

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Old French

Noun

cosa oblique singular, f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)

1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of chose

Usage notes

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin causa. Cognates include Middle English cause, Old French chose, Old Galician-Portuguese cousa, Italian cosa.

Noun

cosa

1. thing

Descendants

• Ladino: koza
• Spanish: cosa

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Portuguese

Verb

cosa

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/ [ˈko.sa]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. Cognates include English cause, French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa.

Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (object, concept)
2. (informal) thing (living being or creature)

   cosas hermosas

   pretty [little] things

Derived terms

• cosilla (diminutive)
• cosita (diminutive)
• como si tal cosa
• cosas veredes

Alternative forms

• coso (dialectal, for masculine nouns)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cosa

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of coser.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of coser.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of coser.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of coser.

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001