cos

cos

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

From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs

cos (plural coses)

1. A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

   Synonyms: Romaine lettuce, romaine, cos lettuce

From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kʌz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/

cos

1. (informal, UK, Ireland, South Africa, African-American Vernacular) because

Clipping of cousin

• IPA^(key): /kʌz/

cos (plural cosses)

1. (informal, African-American Vernacular) A cousin, cuz.

cos

1. plural of co

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

• CSO, OCS, OCs, OSC, SCO, SOC, SoC, Soc, Soc., soc, soc.

• cosu

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

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

1. I sew.

• coasiri/coasire
• cusut

From Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Compare Occitan còrs, French corps, Spanish cuerpo. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs/

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cos m (plural cossos)

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

   Synonym: cadàver

• anticòs
• cos celeste
• cos pituïtari

• “cos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “cos” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

cos

1. (ACG, informal) cosplay

   玩cos的人  ―  wán cos de rén  ―  someone who cosplays; cosplayer

2. (ACG, informal) cosplay costume

cos

1. (ACG, informal) to cosplay

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sos]

cos

1. Alternative form of cosi.

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

From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.

cos m (plural cos)

1. basket

   Synonyms: gei, geùt, ceste

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

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

1. with the

• cois (Cois Fharraige)

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔsˠ/
• (Munster, also) IPA^(key): /kɞsˠ/[1]

cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

1. foot
2. leg

• Dual: dhá chois

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 185
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːs/, [koːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kos/, [kɔs]

cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension

1. whetstone

Third-declension noun.

• cōtōria

• Catalan: cot
• French: queux
• Italian: cote, cotano
• Romanian: cute
• Sicilian: cuti
• Spanish: codón

cos

1. Abbreviation of consul.

• “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

• cus, kis, kys, kysse

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔs/, /kus/, /kis/

cos (plural cosses or cossen)

1. a kiss (action of kissing)

   Synonym: kissynge

• English: kiss
• Scots: kis
• Yola: kesse

• “cos, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Proto-Brythonic *kọs, from Latin cāseus.

cos

1. cheese

• Middle Cornish: kez, keas
  • Cornish: keus

• IPA^(key): /kos/

cos m

1. Alternative form of coss

cos m

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kos/

cos f

1. foot
2. leg

• Irish: cos
• Manx: cass
• Scottish Gaelic: cas

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

cos m pl (feminine plural cas)

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

• Rhymes: -os

cos

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

cos m pl

1. plural of co