tosca

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From tosc +‎ -a.

Noun

tosca f (plural tosques)

  1. deposit, incrustation, scale
    Synonym: incrustació
  2. (dentistry) tartar
  3. pumice
    Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita
  4. (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosc

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).

Pronunciation

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

  1. soft stone

References

  1. ^ Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60

Irish

Noun

tosca f pl

  1. plural of toisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of tosca
radical lenition eclipsis
tosca thosca dtosca

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

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtos.ka/
  • Rhymes: -oska
  • Hyphenation: tó‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tosca f sg

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *toskō, from Proto-Germanic *tuskô, which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (to burn), see also Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō), Welsh deifio, Proto-Germanic *teuną.

Pronunciation

Noun

tosċa m

  1. toad
  2. frog

Declension

Weak:

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “179-81”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81

Portuguese

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from the adjective tosco (crude, coarse, rough).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoska/
  • Rhymes: -oska
  • Syllabification: tos‧ca

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

  1. (geology) tuff
  2. (dental hygiene) tartar
    Synonym: sarro

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Further reading