cosa

See also: Cosa, cósa, and cosà

Aragonese

FWOTD – 8 January 2016

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/
• Syllabification: co‧sa
• Rhymes: -osa

Noun

cosa f (plural cosas)

1. thing (that which exists as a separate entity)
   • 2010, Academia de l’Aragonés, Propuesta ortografica de l'Academia de l'Aragonés, 2nd edition, Edacar, page 67:

     Nombres propios d’animals, cosas y conceptos singularizaus: […]

     Proper names of animals, things and singularised concepts: […]

Pronoun

cosa

1. nothing (not any thing)
   • May-August 2014, Fuellas, Consello d’a Fabla Aragonesa, page 26:

     Respondioron: muito 0,00 % / prou 33,3 % / poco 66,7 % / cosa 0,00 %

     They answered: a lot 0.00% / enough 33.3% / a little 66.7% / nothing 0.00%

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cousa (Western Asturian)

Etymology

From Old Leonese cosa.

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin causa. Compare Occitan causa and chausa, French chose, Spanish cosa, Italian cosa. Doublet of causa, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.za]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

cosa f (plural coses)

1. thing
2. affair, matter

Derived terms

• alguna cosa
• coseta
• qualsevol cosa

Pronoun

cosa

1. (Alghero, Italianism) what (interrogative)

   Cosa voleu? ― What do you want?

Usage notes

• The Italianism cosa? ('what?') is found within Algherese and is commonly used by speakers thereof, but is deemed by the IEC as something to be avoided.

See also

• qui cosa
• per cosa
• percosa

References

• “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cosa”, 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
• “cosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 33

Galician

Verb

cosa

1. inflection of coser:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

cosa (plural cosas)

1. thing