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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tos"
Aragonese
Etymology
Pluralization of the second-person singular object pronoun te.
Pronoun
tos (Belsetán, Benasquese, Chistabín, Low Ribagorçan, Somontano, Tensino)
- Second-person plural dative and accusative pronoun; you
Usage notes
See also
Aragonese personal pronouns
- The forms shown in the table are the most widespread ones. Some varieties use different forms:
- nusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and nusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- usté(s) (Benasquese), ustet(z) (Ansotano), vustet(z) (Tensino, Somontanos)
- vusotros/as (Ansotano, Cheso, Somontanos) and vusaltros/as (Benasquese and Belsetán).
- ell(s) (Benasquese) and er(s) (Belsetán).
- era(s) (Belsetán).
- mos (Ribagorçan). Before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en the contracted form mo' is used.
- li(s) (Cheso, Tensino).
- el (Ribagorçan). The contracted form l' is used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds and 'l after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- es, els (Ribagorçan). These forms are contracted to 's and 'ls after pronouns ending in vowels and no (“no, not”).
- The contracted forms are used before verbs beginning with vowel sounds.
- In Ribagorçan the contracted form to' is used before third-person pronouns and the adverbial pronoun en.
References
- “os”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
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Asturian
Etymology 1
From Latin tussis, tussem, from Proto-Italic *tussis, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Alternative forms
Noun
tos f (plural tos)
- cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
Etymology 2
See to
Adjective
tos
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan tos, from Latin tussis, from Proto-Italic *tussis.
Pronunciation
Noun
tos f (invariable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From tossa.
Pronunciation
Noun
tos m (plural tossos)
- (anatomy) occiput
- Synonym: tossa
- poll (top of the head of a horned animal)
- Synonym: cimera
- (heraldry) caboshed head of an animal charge
- un tos de cérvol ― a stag's head caboshed
Alternative forms
- tòs (traditional Valencian spelling)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tōs, reduced form of Latin tuōs.
Pronunciation
Determiner
tos
Alternative forms
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Participle
tos (feminine tosa, masculine plural tosos, feminine plural toses)
- past participle of tondre
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Verb
tos
- (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of tossar
Further reading
- “tos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “tos”, 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
Chavacano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tos
Franco-Provençal
Determiner
tos
French
Etymology 1
Acronym Très Obligé Successeur.
Pronunciation
Noun
tos m (plural tos, feminine tossette)
- (slang) a first-year student at the École polytechnique
Etymology 2
Apheresis of portos, an apocope of Portugais.
Pronunciation
Noun
tos m or f by sense (plural tos)
- (derogatory, slang) a Portuguese
Etymology 3
Either from Bambara to or Dyula too.
Pronunciation
Noun
tos m
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Friulian
Etymology
From Latin tussis, tussem, from Proto-Italic *tussis, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Noun
tos m (plural tos)
Related terms
- tossi
- tossude
German
Pronunciation
Verb
tos
Javanese
Romanization
tos
- romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀
Latvian
Pronoun
tos
Lombard
Etymology
Noun
tos
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (“heartwood of a tree, hard, durable core of wood; ironwood tree”). Doublet of twas (“hardness; core, heart”).
Noun
tos
Descendants
Further reading
- "tos" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish توز (toz, “dust”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tos m or f or n (indeclinable)
- only used in zahăr tos (“castor sugar”).
References
- “tos”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish tos, from Latin tussem, tussis (“a cough”), from Proto-Italic *tussis, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tos f (plural toses)
- cough
- tengo tos ― I have a cough
Derived terms
- golpe de tos
- más viejo que la tos
- pastilla para la tos
- tos convulsiva
- tos ferina
- tos perruna
- tosferina
Related terms
Further reading
- “tos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
Noun
tos
Etymology 2
Noun
tos
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