gos

Aragonese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Noun

gos m (plural goses)

1. dog

Synonyms

• can
• cocho
• chucho

• ca

Catalan

Alternative forms

• goç (obsolete)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa)

1. dog

   Synonyms: ca, quisso

2. (figurative) a lazy man

   Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner

3. laziness

   Synonym: mandra

Derived terms

Further reading

• “gos” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Cumbric

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”). Compare Breton gwaz, Welsh gwas and Old Irish foss.

Noun

gos

1. servant, servant of- (in name-formations)

References

• (2006) Celtic Culture: A-Celti
• Name-formations (e.g. Gosmungo, Gospatric)

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

1. (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)
2. soda (US), fizzy pop (UK)

Declension

Synonyms

• (soda): gosdrykkur

Derived terms

• eldgos
• ferðamannagos
• gosberg
• gosdrykkur

Further reading

• “gos” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Anagrams

• sog

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

Preposition

gos (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. (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

Noun

gos

1. Alternative form of goos

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkos/

Adverb

gos

1. where, in what place (interrogative)
2. whence, from where (interrogative)
3. where (relative)
4. 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

• IPA^(key):

• Audio (Languedocien)

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Noun

gos m (plural gosses)

1. dog

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

gōs f

1. goose
   • Exeter Book:

     Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.

     Sometimes I cry like a goose.

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: goos, goce, gos, gose, gosse
  • English: goose
  • Scots: guse

Old Saxon

Noun

gos n

1. Alternative form of gās

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

gos

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːs/

Noun

gọ̑s f

1. goose

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Further reading

• “gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

gos n (informal)

1. cuddliness
2. (action of) cuddling, snuggling

Declension

Zazaki

Noun

gos

1. ear