tosca

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtos.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtos.ka] === Etymology 1 === From tosc +‎ -a. ==== Noun ==== tosca f (plural tosques) deposit, incrustation, scale Synonym: incrustació (dentistry) tartar pumice Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree) ===== Derived terms ===== toscar toscós tosquejar === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== tosca feminine singular of tosc === Further reading === “tosca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Etymology === From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoska̝/ === Noun === tosca f (plural toscas) soft stone === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tosca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tosca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Irish == === Noun === tosca f pl plural of toisc === Mutation === == Italian == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtos.ka/ Rhymes: -oska Hyphenation: tó‧sca ==== Adjective ==== tosca f sg feminine singular of tosco === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɔs.ka/ Rhymes: -ɔska Hyphenation: tò‧sca ==== Adjective ==== tosca f sg feminine singular of tosco === Anagrams === Costa, Tasco, casto, costa, costà, scato-, scota == Old English == === Alternative forms === toxa === Etymology === According to Kroonen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *tuską. The further etymology of the term is uncertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoʃ.ʃɑ/ === Noun === tosċa m toad frog ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Related terms ==== tysċa === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tosca”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Johnson, Mary Lynch (1927), “tosca”, in A modern English - Old English Dictionary (Thesis), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University == Portuguese == === Adjective === tosca feminine singular of tosco == Spanish == === Etymology === Derived from the adjective tosco (“crude, coarse, rough”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoska/ [ˈt̪os.ka] Rhymes: -oska Syllabification: tos‧ca === Noun === tosca f (plural toscas) (geology) tuff (dental hygiene) tartar Synonym: sarro === Adjective === tosca feminine singular of tosco === Further reading === “tosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Clipping of toscasmet (literally “tosca batter”), from toscakaka (literally “tosca cake”), which has this glazing, in turn likely named after Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca. First attested in 1995. === Noun === tosca c (cooking) A glaze of almonds, cream, butter and sugar. ==== Derived terms ==== toscabulle toscapaj toscapäron === References === tosca in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)