cossa

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cursa, from cursus (“running”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.sa]

Noun

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. (historical) course where certain footraces and horseback races were run

   Synonym: cos

Further reading

• “cossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (per GDLC, by assumption as it is given as homophonous with coça (“kick (of an animal)”), with /o/) IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.sa]
• (per DCVB, specifically for Vallespir and Cerdanya) IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.sa]
• Homophone: coça

Noun

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. (historical) dry measure for grain, equivalent to 2.5 kg

Further reading

• “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.sa]

Verb

cossa

1. inflection of cossar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cossas, cossât

Verb

cossa

1. third-person singular past historic of cosser

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Noun

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. thing, object

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• cosse

Verb

cossa (present tense cossar, past tense cossa, past participle cossa, passive infinitive cossast, present participle cossande, imperative cossa/coss)

1. (informal) to cosplay as something

Synonyms

• cosplaya

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkos.sɑ/

Noun

cossa

1. genitive plural of coss

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.sa/

Etymology 1

Noun

cossa

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cos

Etymology 2

Univerbation of co (“to, toward”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular).

Article

cossa

1. to the, toward the (neuter accusative singular)

Etymology 3

co (“to, toward”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

cosa·

1. to(ward) whom, to(ward) which

Mutation

Mutation of cossa

radical	lenition	nasalization
cossa	chossa	cossa pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.