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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fuscus. Compare Occitan fosc, Spanish hosco, Portuguese fosco, fusco or Italian fosco, Old French fusque.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fosc (feminine fosca, masculine plural foscs or foscos, feminine plural fosques)
- dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
- Synonym: obscur
- Antonym: clar
- (of a color) dark (dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light)
- Antonym: clar
- verd fosc ― dark green
- dark (conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak)
2019 February 13, Time Out Barcelona, page 8, column Sèries:No es pot ser inspector de policia sense tenir un passat fosc? Sense que se't mori un fill?- Can't you be a police inspector without having a dark past? Without your child dying?
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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin fuscus.
Adjective
fosc
- black
- Synonym: niar
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan fosc, from Latin fuscus (compare Spanish hosco, Portuguese fosco, fusco, Italian fosco, Catalan fosc, Old French fusque).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fosc m (feminine singular fosca, masculine plural fosques, feminine plural foscas)
- dark
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