tosco

== Italian == === Etymology 1 === From Latin Tuscus (“Etruscan”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtos.ko/ Rhymes: -osko Hyphenation: tó‧sco ==== Adjective ==== tosco (feminine tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche) (archaic) Tuscan (of, from or relating to the region of Tuscany, Italy) ==== Noun ==== tosco m (plural toschi) (archaic) Tuscan (native or inhabitant of the region of Tuscany, Italy) (usually male) ===== Related terms ===== toscano ==== References ==== tósco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Albanian toskë (“Tosk”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/ Rhymes: -ɔsko Hyphenation: tò‧sco ==== Adjective ==== tosco (feminine tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche) Tosk (southern Albanian) ==== References ==== tòsco1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/ Rhymes: -ɔsko Hyphenation: tò‧sco ==== Noun ==== tosco m (plural toschi) poetic form of tossico (“poison, harmful substance”) ==== References ==== tòsco2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === costo, costò, scoto, scoto- == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin tŭscus (“Etruscan, Tuscan”), in the context of Vicus Tuscus in Rome, whose inhabitants had a bad reputation. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -osku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃku Hyphenation: tos‧co === Adjective === tosco (feminine tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas) (of stone) unpolished Synonym: bruto Antonyms: lapidado, lavrado (by extension, of an object) rough; raw; coarse; crude Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro (of a person) uncouth; rude (colloquial) lame; boring ==== Derived terms ==== toscamente === Further reading === “tosco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tosco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “tosco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin tuscus (literally “Etruscan, Tuscan”), from Vicus Tuscus (“Etruscan Street”) (the dwellers of Vicus Tuscus in Rome had a bad reputation). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtosko/ [ˈt̪os.ko] Rhymes: -osko Syllabification: tos‧co === Adjective === tosco (feminine tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas) crude uncouth Synonym: bruto coarse, rough, rough around the edges ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sicilian: toscu === 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 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “tosco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 565 Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “9013. *tŭscus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 686