costas

See also: costás

English

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

Anagrams

• Castos, Toscas, ascots, catsos, coasts, scoats

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Galician

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cost + -as

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌsˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

costas m (genitive singular costais, nominative plural costais)

1. cost, expense

Declension

Declension of costas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative costas costais Vocative a chostais a chostasa Genitive costais costas Dative costas costais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an costas na costais Genitive an chostais na gcostas Dative leis an gcostas don chostas leis na costais

• Alternative plural form: coistaisí (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
• costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
• fochostas (“supplementary cost; (in plural) incidental expenses, extras”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
costas	chostas	gcostas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "costas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “costas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “costas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkos.taːs/, [ˈkɔs̠t̪äːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkos.tas/, [ˈkɔst̪äs]

Noun

costās

1. accusative plural of costa

References

• costas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• costas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

costas

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkɔs.tɐs/, [ˈkɔs.tɐs]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkɔs.tɐs/, [ˈkɔs.tɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/, [ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/, [ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ]

• Hyphenation: cos‧tas

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Noun

costas f pl (plural only)

1. back (the rear of body)

   Synonyms: costado, dorso

2. (swimming) backstroke

Derived terms

• costista

Related terms

• costal
• costalgia
• costálgico
• costela
• costeleta

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkostas/, [ˈkos.t̪as]

Noun

costas f pl

1. plural of costa