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Middle English
Noun
tosk
- Alternative form of tusk
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Contraction of torsk (“codfish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tosk m (definite singular tosken, indefinite plural tosker, definite plural toskene)
- a fool; an idiot
- Hun er ingen tosk.
- She's no fool.
- Din tosk.
- You fool!
- Nei, tosk, vi skal drepe ham, og Simba også.
- No, fool, we're gonna kill him, and Simba too. (from the Norwegian dub of the film Lion King)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “tosk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “tosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Contraction of torsk (“codfish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tosk m (definite singular tosken, indefinite plural toskar, definite plural toskane)
- a fool; an idiot
- Ho er ingen tosk.
- She's no fool.
- Din tosk!.
- You fool!
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “tosk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “tosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
tosk m (uncountable)
- Tosk (southern variant of the Albanian language)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian tusk, tosk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz.
Noun
tosk c (plural tosken, diminutive toskje)
- tooth
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tosk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011