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English
Noun
gos
Alternative form of goes ( “ plural of go ” ) .
Aragonese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.
Noun
gos m (plural goses )
dog
Synonyms
Catalan
A dog (a Labrador )
Etymology
Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.
Pronunciation
Noun
gos m (plural gossos , feminine gossa , feminine plural gosses )
dog
Synonyms: ca , quisso
( figurative ) a lazy man
Synonyms: gandul , malfeiner
laziness
Synonym: mandra
Derived terms
Further reading
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Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wastos ( “ servant ” ) . Compare Breton gwaz , Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss .
Noun
gos
servant , servant of- (in name-formations)
References
(2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)
French
Noun
gos
plural of go
Icelandic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Noun
gos n (genitive singular goss , nominative plural gos )
( geology ) eruption (of a geyser , volcano , etc.)
soda (US), fizzy pop (UK)
Synonym: gosdrykkur
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
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Irish
Pronunciation
Preposition
gos (plus dative , triggers no mutation )
( archaic, except in fixed phrases ) alternative form of go ( “ until, up to ” ) ( used before the definite article )
gos an lá inniu ― up to today, until the present day
Usage notes
Only used in a few fixed phrases like gos an lá inniu . Otherwise, the synonym go dtí is used before the article.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English gōs , from Proto-West Germanic *gans , from Proto-Germanic *gans ; compare gandre .
Pronunciation
Noun
gos (plural ges )
goose ( especially a female one )
The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
A fool or idiot .
Descendants
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Adverb
gos
where , in what place (interrogative)
whence , from where (interrogative)
where (relative)
whence , from where (relative)
Further reading
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
gos m (plural gosses )
dog
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gans , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- .
Pronunciation
Noun
gōs f
goose
Exeter Book:
Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs. Sometimes I cry like a goose.
Declension
Strong consonant stem:
Descendants
Old Saxon
Noun
gos n
alternative form of gās
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь .
Pronunciation
Noun
gọ̑s f
goose
Declension
Further reading
“gos ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from gosa .
Noun
gos n
( colloquial )
cuddliness
(action of) cuddling , snuggling
Declension
Zazaki
Noun
gos
ear