tosse

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þurs (“giant, ogre”).

Noun

tosse c (singular definite tossen, plural indefinite tosser)

  1. simpleton

Inflection

Declension of tosse
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tosse tossen tosser tosserne
genitive tosses tossens tossers tossernes

Verb

tosse (imperative tos, infinitive at tosse, present tense tosser, past tense tossede, perfect tense har tosset)

  1. fool, fool about, fool around

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tussem, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtos.se/
  • Rhymes: -osse
  • Hyphenation: tós‧se
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Noun

tosse f (plural tossi)

  1. cough (condition that causes one to cough)

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Probably from Danish.

Noun

tosse f (definite singular tossa, indefinite plural tosser, definite plural tossene)

  1. (derogatory, rare or dated) a stupid, foolish woman

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) past tense of tykkja

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: tos‧se

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

From Old Galician-Portuguese tosse, from Latin tussis (“cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Noun

tosse f (plural tosses)

  1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
  2. (uncountable, familiar) common cold
    Synonyms: (Portugal) constipação, constipação nasal, gripe, nasofaringite, (Brazil) resfriado, rinofaringite
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

  1. inflection of tossir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.

Pronunciation

Noun

tosse m or f (plural tosses)

  1. cough
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