different between kos vs cos

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kos/

Noun

kos m 

1. limp, lameness

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/

Noun

kos (plural kosse, diminutive kossie)

1. food

Usage notes

The diminutive singular is rarely used, while the diminutive plural, kossies, is more commonly found in language used for infants and small children.

Derived terms

• kitskos
• kosmenger

Related terms

• koste

Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic ????? (kvas?, “sour dough, sour drink”), archaic Serbo-Croatian ???? (“yeast”), Slovene kvas (“yeast”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kvas? (“leaven, fermented drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/

Noun

kos m (indefinite plural kosë, definite singular kosi, definite plural kosët)

1. yogurt

Derived terms

• kosaxhi

References

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Homophone: koz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Noun

kos m anim

1. blackbird

Declension

Derived terms

• kosátko
• kose
• kosí
• kos?v

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kos f

1. genitive plural of kosa

Verb

kos

1. second-person singular imperative of kosit

Anagrams

• sok

Further reading

• kos in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kos in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

kos c

1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?s/

Verb

kos

1. second-person singular imperative of kosen

Hausa

Noun

kôs m

1. trump card

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare Turkish koç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ko?]
• Hyphenation: kos
• Rhymes: -o?

Noun

kos (plural kosok)

1. ram, tup (a male sheep)
2. tup (the head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer)

Declension

See also

• juh
• ürü

References

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kost

Etymology

From Dutch kost, from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?s]
• Hyphenation: kos

Noun

kos

1. (colloquial) lodging.

Synonyms

• (lodging): indekosan, kosan, kos-kosan

Derived terms

Verb

kos

1. (colloquial) to rent a place to live or lodge

Synonyms

• (to lodge): berindekos, berkos, indekos, mengekos

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kos m

1. Superseded spelling of kós.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb kose

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen) (uncountable)

1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

Etymology 2

Noun

kos m

1. hug, cuddle

Etymology 3

Verb

kos

1. imperative of kose

References

• “kos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the verb kose

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?s/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kos m (definite singular kosen, uncountable)

1. cosiness (UK) or coziness (US)

Adjective

kos

1. cozy

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?s/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

kos f (definite singular kosa, indefinite plural kaser, definite plural kasene)

1. alternative typography of kòs

References

• “kos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish cosa and Portuguese coisa.

Noun

kos

1. thing

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Noun

kos m anim

1. common blackbird (Turdus merula)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kos f

1. genitive plural of kosa

Further reading

• kos in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kô?s/

Adjective

k?s (definite k?s?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. slant, inclined, skew

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kô?s/

Noun

k?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. blackbird

Declension

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó?s/

Adjective

k??s (comparative [please provide], superlative)

1. (archaic) slanted, inclined, skewed

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *k?s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó?s/

Noun

k??s m inan

1. piece

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Proto-Slavic *kos?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó?s/

Noun

k??s m anim

1. blackbird

Inflection

Further reading

• “kos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

kos

1. indefinite genitive singular of ko

Anagrams

• oks, sko

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English cost.

Noun

kos

1. cost

Etymology 2

From English cause.

Noun

kos

1. cause

Translingual

Symbol

cos

1. (trigonometry) cosine.

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

cos (plural coses)

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

Translations

Etymology 2

From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?z/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /k?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?z/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /k?z/

Conjunction

cos

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

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of cousin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z/

Noun

cos (plural cosses)

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

Etymology 4

Noun

cos

1. plural of co

See also

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

Anagrams

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cosu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *c?s?, from Latin consu?. Compare Romanian coase, cos.

Verb

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

1. I sew.

Related terms

• coasiri/coasire
• cusut

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cors, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *?rep-. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?s/

Noun

cos m (plural cossos)

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

   Synonym: cadàver

Derived terms

• anticòs
• cos celeste
• cos pituïtari

Further reading

• “cos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cos” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

Chinese

Verb

cos

1. (ACG, informal) to cosplay

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *koš?.

Noun

cos m (plural cos)

1. basket

   Synonyms: gei, geùt, ceste

Galician

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. with the

Irish

Alternative forms

• cois (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s?/

Noun

cos f (genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

1. foot
2. leg

Declension

• Dual: dhá chois

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “cos” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cos" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *k?tis, from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), caut?s (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek ????? (kônos, “cone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko?s/, [ko?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kos/, [k?s]

Noun

c?s f (genitive c?tis); third declension

1. whetstone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• c?t?ria

Descendants

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

References

• 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, 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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cus, kis, kys

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/, /kus/, /kis/

Noun

cos (plural cosses or cossen)

1. a kiss (action of kissing)

   Synonym: kissyng

Descendants

• English: kiss
• Yola: kesse

References

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

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kos/

Noun

cos m

1. Alternative form of coss

Old French

Noun

cos m

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koxs? (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ko?s-. Cognate with Latin coxa (“hip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kos/

Noun

cos f

1. foot
2. leg

Inflection

Descendants

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

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cos”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kus/, /kos/

Contraction

cos

1. (colloquial) Contraction of com os.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -os

Verb

cos

1. first-person singular present indicative of coase
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of coase
3. third-person plural present indicative of coase