different between koss vs foss

English

Noun

koss (plural koss or kosses)

1. Alternative form of coss

Anagrams

• Soks

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

1. a kiss

Declension

Related terms

• kyssa

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

koss

1. (non-standard since 1959) alternative form of åssen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koss f (definite singular kossa, indefinite plural kosser, definite plural kossene)

1. Alternative form of kòs

Noun

koss m or n (definite singular kossen or kosset, indefinite plural kossar or koss, definite plural kossane or kossa)

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

koss

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by korleis

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

1. kiss

Related terms

• kyssa

Descendants

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

References

• koss in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Etymology 1

See fosse.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Icelandic or Norwegian foss, both from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of force ("waterfall").

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

1. Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

foss

1. indefinite accusative singular of fossur
2. indefinite genitive singular of fossur

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fossál

Etymology

fosik +? -j

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fo??]
• Hyphenation: foss
• Rhymes: -o??

Verb

foss

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of fosik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vannfall, vassfall

Derived terms

• fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz

Pronunciation

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

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

1. a waterfall

Synonyms

• fossefall
• vassfall

Derived terms

• fossa, fosse (verb)

References

• “foss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adverb

foss

1. right away, in a moment