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cos

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Translingual

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Symbol

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cos

  1. (trigonometry) cosine.
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Corsican.

Derived terms

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See also

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, lettuce).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos (plural coses)

  1. (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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cos

  1. (UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (because).
    • 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161:
      Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of cousin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos (plural cosses)

  1. (informal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.

Etymology 4

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From co +‎ -s.

Noun

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cos

  1. plural of co

Pronoun

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cos

  1. (nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive adjective, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
    • 1973, Michael Glenn, Richard Kunnes, Repression or Revolution?: Therapy in the United States Today, Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 53:
      Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment.
    • 1975, Valida Davila, “A Child’s Sexual Bill of Rights”, in Bernhardt J. Hurwood, editor, The Whole Sex Catalogue, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 287:
      WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable []
    • 1986, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: Twin Oaks Community 1979-1982, Louisa, Va.: Twin Oaks Community, →OCLC, page 355:
      Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks beyond the point of having made satisfactory arrangements with the Community with regard to cos absence.
Alternative forms
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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cos (plural coses or cos)

  1. Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.

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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *cōsō, from Latin consuō. Compare Romanian coase, cos.

Verb

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cos first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative coasi or coase, past participle cusutã)

  1. to sew
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos m (plural cossos)

  1. body (physical structure of a human or animal)
  2. body, corpse
    Synonym: cadàver

Derived terms

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References

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  • “cos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

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Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos

  1. (ACG, informal) cosplay
    cos  ―  wán cos de rén  ―  someone who cosplays; cosplayer
  2. (ACG, informal) cosplay costume

Verb

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cos

  1. (ACG, informal) to cosplay
  2. (slang, by extension) LARP; To pretend to be something, or act as something
    cos共產主義cos共产主义  ―  cos gòngchǎnzhǔyì  ―  LARP as a communist

Derived terms

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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cos

  1. Alternative form of cosi

Declension

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Further reading

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  • cos”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • cos”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • cos”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Friulian

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Etymology

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From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.

Noun

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cos m (plural cos)

  1. basket
    Synonyms: gei, geùt, ceste

Galician

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Etymology

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From contraction of preposition con (with) + masculine plural definite article os (the).

Contraction

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cos m pl (masculine co, feminine coa, feminine plural coas)

  1. with the

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cos,[1] from Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-, whence also Latin coxa (hip).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

  1. foot
  2. leg

Declension

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Declension of cos (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cos cosa
vocative a chos a chosa
genitive coise cos
dative cois cosa
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chos na cosa
genitive na coise na gcos
dative leis an gcois
don chois
leis na cosa

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cos
radical lenition eclipsis
cos chos gcos

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 350, page 120
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20

Further reading

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Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From co +‎ -s. Compare Polish coś and Slovincian cesz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Syllabification: cos

Pronoun

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cos

  1. indeterminate pronoun; something

Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cos”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 18
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “coś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • cos/cosz”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (to sharpen). Cognate with Latin catus (clever, cunning), cautēs (pointed rock), cuneus (wedge) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, cone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension

  1. whetstone
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: cot
  • French: queux
  • Italian: cote, cotano
  • Megleno-Romanian: cuti
  • Romanian: cute
  • Sicilian: cuti
  • Spanish: codón

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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cos

  1. Abbreviation of consul.

References

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  • cos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz. Forms with /i/, /u/ and /ɛ/ are influenced by Old English cyssan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔs/, /kus/, /kis/, /kɛs/

Noun

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cos (plural cosses or cossen)

  1. a kiss (action of kissing)
    Synonym: kissynge

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References

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Old Cornish

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Etymology

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Proto-Brythonic *kọs, from Latin cāseus.

Noun

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cos

  1. cheese

Descendants

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos m

  1. Alternative form of coss

Old French

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Noun

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cos m

  1. inflection of cop:
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative singular

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-. Cognate with Latin coxa (hip).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos f (genitive coise, nominative plural cossa)

  1. foot
  2. leg

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cosL coisL cosaH, cossaH
Vocative cosL coisL cosaH, cossaH
Accusative coisN coisL cosaH, cossaH
Genitive coiseH cosL cosN
Dative coisL cosaib cosaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Mutation of cos
radical lenition nasalization
cos chos cos
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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cos m pl (feminine plural cas)

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of com os (with the (masculine plural)).

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cos

  1. inflection of coase:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Spanish

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Noun

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cos m pl

  1. plural of co

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

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Noun

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cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)

  1. (onomatopoeia) sizzle (the sound of water hitting a hot surface)

Etymology 2

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Clipping of cosplay, from English cosplay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cos (definite accusative cosu, plural coslar)

  1. Abbreviation of cosplay.
    O kadar Kalista cos yapmışsındır ama gelen soru "mavi mi"dir.
    When you went through the effort of doing a Kalista cosplay but all they do is ask "is it blue?".