coz

See also: cōż, což, cóż, cóz, and 'coz

Translingual

Symbol

coz

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chochotec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chochotec terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌz

Noun

coz

1. (informal) cousin (usually as a term of address)
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

     Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.

   • 1844, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, "The Love Quarrel", in The Columbian Magazine Vol 1. Issue 1. page 6, col. 2, New York, Israel Post, ed John Inman

     "I do not expect that, coz; nor do I desire it."

Alternative forms

• cos

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒz/, /kʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/
• Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz
• Homophone: cos

Conjunction

coz

1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

Alternative forms

• cos

See also

• of coz (etymologically unrelated)

Ahtna

Root

coz

1. to sizzle

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Onomatopoeia	coz	coz	coz	coz
Customary	cuuz	cuuz	cuuz	cuuz

Derived terms

• delcoz (“it is sizzling”)
• idełcoz (“he/she is causing it to sizzle”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 118

Mapudungun

Adjective

coz (Raguileo spelling)

1. yellow

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɔs]

Pronoun

coz n

1. (Zagórze) alternative form of cóż

   Coz to płacić? ― How much is this worth?

Further reading

• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “coż”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[1] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 21

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوز (koz, “trump”).

Adjective

coz m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. very (used for beautiful women)

Declension

Declension of coz (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	coz		coz	coz	coz
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	coz		coz	coz	coz
	definite	—		—	—	—

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish coçe, from Latin calcem (“heel”). Doublet of calce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoθ/ [ˈkoθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkos/ [ˈkos] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -os (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: coz

Noun

coz f (plural coces)

1. kick (of an animal)

   Synonym: patada

   se fue dando coces ― he left kicking and screaming

Derived terms

• cocear
• dar coces contra el aguijón
• mate de la coz

See also

• puntapié

Further reading

• “coz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025