foss

See also: FOSS, Foss, Foß, and fos

English

Etymology 1

See fosse.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fors.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsː/
• Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss

1. indefinite accusative singular of fossur
2. indefinite genitive singular of fossur

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fossál

Etymology

fosik +‎ -j

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈfoʃː]
• Hyphenation: foss
• Rhymes: -oʃː

Verb

foss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fosik

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsː/
• Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension

declension of foss

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	foss	fossinn	fossar	fossarnir
accusative	foss	fossinn	fossa	fossana
dative	fossi	fossinum	fossum	fossunum
genitive	foss	fossins	fossa	fossanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

foss

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vannfall, vassfall

Derived terms

• fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔsː/

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vassfall

Derived terms

• fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adverb

foss

1. right away, in a moment