cosa

From Latin causa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2^nd edition, Edacar, page 67:

     Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]

     Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]

cosa

1. nothing (not any thing)
   • May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:

     Respondioron: muito 0,00 % / prou 33,3 % / poco 66,7 % / cosa 0,00 %

     They answered: a lot 0.00% / enough 33.3% / a little 66.7% / nothing 0.00%

• cousa

From Latin causa.

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing

Inherited from Latin causa. Compare Occitan causa and chausa, French chose, Spanish cosa, Italian cosa. Doublet of causa, a borrowing from Latin.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

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cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing
2. affair, matter

• alguna cosa
• coseta
• qualsevol cosa

cosa

1. (Alghero, Italianism) what (interrogative)

   Cosa voleu? ― What do you want?

The Italianism cosa? ('what?') is found within Algherese and is commonly used by speakers thereof, but is deemed by the IEC as something to be avoided.

• qui cosa
• per cosa
• percosa

• “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “cosa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, pages 33

cosa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of coser
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser

cosa (plural cosas)

1. thing

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌsˠə/

cosa f pl

1. nominative/dative plural of cos

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

cosa f

1. thigh

Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. The pronoun is a clipping of che cosa.

• (Central and Southern Italy) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/, (traditional) /ˈkɔ.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
• (Northern Italy) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.za/

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  • Rhymes: -ɔza
• (Northern Italy, dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsa
• Hyphenation: cò‧sa

cosa f (plural cose)

1. thing, matter

cosa

1. what?
2. what!

• caos, caso, osca

cosa f (oblique plural cosas, nominative singular cosa, nominative plural cosas)

1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of chose

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

From Latin causa. Cognates include Middle English cause, Old French chose, Old Portuguese cousa, Italian cosa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoza/

cosa

1. thing

• Ladino: koza
• Spanish: cosa

• Homophones: coza, cousa
• Rhymes: -ozɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧sa

cosa

1. inflection of coser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Latin causa. Compare Italian cosa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.sa/
• Hyphenation: cò‧sa

cosa f (plural cosi)

1. thing

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “cosa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 994–997

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/ [ˈko.sa]

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• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: co‧sa

From Old Spanish cosa, inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. Cognates include French chose, Italian cosa, Portuguese coisa.

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (object, concept)
2. (informal) thing (living being or creature)

   cosas hermosas

   pretty [little] things

• coso (dialectal, for masculine nouns)

• cosilla (diminutive)
• cosita (diminutive)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cosa

1. inflection of coser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “cosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014