fosse

== English == === Alternative forms === foss === Etymology === From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɒs/ (US, lot–cloth split, General Australian) IPA(key): /fɔs/ (US, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /fɑs/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /fɒs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɒs/, [fɔ̟s] Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs === Noun === fosse (plural fosses) A ditch or moat. (anatomy) Alternative form of fossa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fos/, (Belgium, southern France, Switzerland) /fɔs/ Homophones: fausse, fausses, fosses === Noun === fosse f (plural fosses) pit (hole in the ground) fosse commune ― mass grave (literally, “common pit”) fosse septique ― septic tank, cesspit ==== Derived terms ==== fossette fossoyer === Further reading === “fosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Verb === fosse (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir == Italian == === Etymology 1 === From earlier fusse, from Latin fuisset, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH- (“to become, be”). ==== Alternative forms ==== fusse (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfos.se/ Rhymes: -osse Hyphenation: fós‧se ==== Verb ==== fosse third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of essere === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɔs.se/ Rhymes: -ɔsse Hyphenation: fòs‧se ==== Noun ==== fosse f plural of fossa === References === === Anagrams === fesso == Ladin == === Verb === fosse first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ester == Latin == === Participle === fosse vocative masculine singular of fossus === References === "fosse", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French fosse, from Latin fossa. === Noun === fosse f (plural fosses) fosse ==== Derived terms ==== French: fosse == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From the noun foss. === Verb === fosse (imperative foss, present tense fosser, passive fosses, simple past and past participle fossa or fosset, present participle fossende) to cascade, gush, pour, rush, foam === References === “fosse” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “fosse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From the noun foss. === Verb === fosse (present tense fossar, past tense fossa, past participle fossa, passive infinitive fossast, present participle fossande, imperative fosse/foss) to cascade, gush, pour, rush, foam ==== Alternative forms ==== fossa === References === “fosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin fossa. === Noun === fosse oblique singular, f (oblique plural fosses, nominative singular fosse, nominative plural fosses) fosse hole in the ground a grave ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: fosse French: fosse === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fosse, supplement) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Homophone: fouce Hyphenation: fos‧se ==== Verb ==== fosse first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: fos‧se ==== Verb ==== fosse inflection of fossar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative