tosca

See also: Tosca

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtos.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtos.ka]

Etymology 1

From tosc +‎ -a.

Noun

tosca f (plural tosques)

1. deposit, incrustation, scale

   Synonym: incrustació

2. (dentistry) tartar
3. pumice

   Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita

4. (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree)

Derived terms

• toscar
• toscós
• tosquejar

Etymology 2

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosc

Further reading

• “tosca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska̝/

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. soft stone

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tosca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tosca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Noun

tosca f pl

1. plural of toisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tosca	thosca	dtosca

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.ka/
• Rhymes: -oska
• Hyphenation: tó‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔska
• Hyphenation: tò‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

Anagrams

• Costa, Tasco, casto, costa, costà, scato-, scota

Old English

Alternative forms

• toxa

Etymology

According to Kroonen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *tuską. The further etymology of the term is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʃ.ʃɑ/

Noun

tosċa m

1. toad
2. frog

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	tosċa	tosċan
accusative	tosċan	tosċan
genitive	tosċan	tosċena
dative	tosċan	tosċum

Related terms

• tysċa

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tosca”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Johnson, Mary Lynch (1927), “tosca”, in A modern English - Old English Dictionary (Thesis), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University

Portuguese

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from the adjective tosco (“crude, coarse, rough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska/ [ˈt̪os.ka]
• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: tos‧ca

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. (geology) tuff
2. (dental hygiene) tartar

   Synonym: sarro

Adjective

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Further reading

• “tosco”, 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

Swedish

A toscakaka with its metonymic tosca glazing.

Etymology

Clipping of toscasmet (literally “tosca batter”), from toscakaka (literally “tosca cake”), which has this glazing, in turn likely named after Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca. First attested in 1995.

Noun

tosca c

1. (cooking) A glaze of almonds, cream, butter and sugar.
   • 2022 August 21, Nina Kindbro, “Knäckig äppelpaj med vaniljsås”, in Aftonbladet Godare‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 September 2025:

     Knäckig äppelpaj – täck syrligt söta äpplen med en knäckigt täcke med smak av tosca. Servera gärna med rårörd vaniljsås eller en fin vaniljglass.

     Crispy apple pie – cover tart-sweet apples with a crunchy toffee-almond topping. Serve with freshly stirred vanilla sauce or a good vanilla ice cream.

Derived terms

• toscabulle
• toscapaj
• toscapäron

References

• tosca in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)