cosy

English

Alternative forms

The spelling cosy predominates in British English, and cozy in American English.

• cozy (North America)
• cosie (Scotland)
• cozie
• cosey (archaic)
• cozey

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots cosie, from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots colsie, probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin, related to Norwegian koseleg (“cosy”), Norwegian kose seg (“to enjoy oneself”). Compare cosh, tosh, tosie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊzi/
• enPR: kō'-zē, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊzi/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzi

Adjective

cosy (comparative cosier, superlative cosiest)

1. Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
   • 1785, Robert Burns, Holy Fair - While some are cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch 30 - after Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very cosy, and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated

Synonyms

• snug

Hyponyms

• gemütlich

Derived terms

• cosy up, cozy up

Translations

affording comfort and warmth

• Belarusian: уту́льны m (utúlʹny)
• Bulgarian: удобен (bg) (udoben), уютен (bg) (ujuten)
• Catalan: acollidor
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 舒適／舒适 (syu¹ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 舒适 (shū shì), 暄暖 (xuān nuǎn)

• Czech: pohodlný (cs), útulný
• Danish: hyggelig
• Dutch: gezellig (nl), gezellige (nl), knus (nl), knusse (nl)
• Finnish: mukava (fi), kodikas (fi)
• French: douillet (fr) m, douillette (fr) f, peinard (fr) m
• Georgian: მყუდრო (ka) (mq̇udro)
• German: gemütlich (de), behaglich (de)
• Icelandic: huggulegur (is) m
• Italian: accogliente (it)
• Japanese: 居心地のいい (igokochi no ī)
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• Latvian: ērts
• Lithuanian: jaukus m
• Maori: āhuru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koselig (no), hyggelig (no)

  Nynorsk: koseleg

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: przytulny (pl) m, ciepły (pl), miły (pl)
• Portuguese: íntimo (pt), confortável (pt), aconchegante (pt)
• Russian: ую́тный (ru) (ujútnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: seasgair
• Slovak: útulný m
• Spanish: acogedor (es), hogareño
• Swedish: mysig (sv)
• Ukrainian: за́ти́шний m (zátýšnyj)
• West Frisian: smûk (fy)

Noun

cosy (plural cosies)

1. A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
2. A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
3. A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.

Derived terms

• tea cosy, tea cozy
• egg cosy, egg cozy

Translations

a padded or knit covering put on a teapot

• Chinese: 暖壸 (nuǎn hú)
• Japanese: コゼー (kozē)
• Portuguese: abafador (pt) m
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• Russian: стёганый чехо́л m (stjóganyj čexól)
• Spanish: cubierta tejida f
• Swedish: huva (sv)

a padded or knit covering for any item

• Japanese: カバー (ja) (kabā)
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Verb

See also: cosy up, cosy up to, and cozen

cosy (third-person singular simple present cosies, present participle cosying, simple past and past participle cosied)

1. To become snug and comfortable.
2. To become friendly with.

   He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.

Anagrams

• Coys, Soc'y, coys

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Adjective

cosy (plural cosys)

1. correlation

Noun

cosy m (uncountable)

1. correlation