fosa

See also: fosă, and fosą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.za]
• Rhymes: -oza

Etymology 1

Participle

fosa f sg

1. feminine singular of fos

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fondre.

Noun

fosa f (plural foses)

1. melting (of metal, snow, etc.); smelting; casting (of metal)
2. metalworking
3. cast iron
4. (cinematography, music) fade, dissolve
5. (typography) font

Czech

Etymology

From Malagasy fosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfosa]

Noun

fosa f

1. fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Declension

Declension of fosa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	fosa	fosy
genitive	fosy	fos
dative	fose	fosám
accusative	fosu	fosy
vocative	foso	fosy
locative	fose	fosách
instrumental	fosou	fosami

Further reading

• “fosa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

fos +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: fo‧sa

Noun

fosa

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fos

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fosa	—
accusative	fosát	—
dative	fosának	—
instrumental	fosával	—
causal-final	fosáért	—
translative	fosává	—
terminative	fosáig	—
essive-formal	fosaként	—
essive-modal	fosául	—
inessive	fosában	—
superessive	fosán	—
adessive	fosánál	—
illative	fosába	—
sublative	fosára	—
allative	fosához	—
elative	fosából	—
delative	fosáról	—
ablative	fosától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	fosáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	fosáéi	—

Irish

Fosa i zú in Texas

Etymology

From Malagasy fosa.

Noun

fosa m (genitive singular fosa, nominative plural fosaí)

1. fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Declension

Declension of fosa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fosa fosaí Vocative a fhosa a fhosaí Genitive fosa fosaí Dative fosa fosaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fosa na fosaí Genitive an fhosa na bhfosaí Dative leis an bhfosa don fhosa leis na fosaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fosa	fhosa	bhfosa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fosa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Malagasy

Etymology

Likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift, thus cognate with Sarawak Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fusə̥]

Noun

fosa

1. fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Descendants

• → English: fossa
  • → Portuguese: fossa
  • → Translingual: Fossa

Phuthi

Verb

-fosa

1. to be wrong, to be mistaken

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

fosa

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fossa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Syllabification: fo‧sa

Noun

fosa f

1. moat, fosse (deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation)

Declension

Declension of fosa

	singular	plural
nominative	fosa	fosy
genitive	fosy	fos
dative	fosie	fosom
accusative	fosę	fosy
instrumental	fosą	fosami
locative	fosie	fosach
vocative	foso	fosy

Derived terms

noun

• fosa orkiestrowa

 

Further reading

• fosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfosa]

Noun

fosa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fosă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfosa/ [ˈfo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: fo‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fossa. See also huesa, inherited from the same source. Cognate with English fosse (“moat, ditch”).

Noun

fosa f (plural fosas)

1. cavity
2. grave

   Synonym: tumba

3. pit

   Synonym: hoyo

4. moat

Derived terms

• fosa común
• Fosa de las Marianas
• fosa nasal
• fosa séptica
• limpiafosas

 

Related terms

• fosar
• foso

 

Etymology 2

Verb

fosa

1. inflection of fosar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• sofá
• Safo