English

Alternative forms

• Kos

Proper noun

Cos

1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

Translations

Anagrams

• CSO
• OCS
• SCO
• soc, soc., SOC

French

Proper noun

Cos

1. Cos

Anagrams

• soc

Translingual

Symbol

cos

1. (trigonometry) a symbol of the trigonometric function cosine.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

cos

1. A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

Translations

Etymology 2

From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kʌz/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/

Conjunction

cos

1. (Britain, South Africa, African American Vernacular) because

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of cousin

Noun

cos ‎(plural cosses)

1. (informal, African American Vernacular) cousin, cuz

See also

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

Anagrams

• CSO, OCS, SCO, soc, soc., SOC

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cosu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cosō, from Latin consuō. Compare Daco-Romanian coase, cos.

Verb

cos (third-person singular present indicative coasi/coase, past participle cusutã)

1. I sew.

Related terms

• coasiri/coasire
• cusut

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal cors, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *krep- or *kʷerp- ‎(“body”).

Noun

cos m ‎(plural cossos)

1. body

Friulian

Etymology

From Slovene kòš, from Proto-Slavic *košь.

Noun

cos m ‎(plural cos)

1. basket

Synonyms

• gei, geùt, ceste

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con ‎(“with”) + masculine plural definite article os ‎(“the”)

Contraction

cos m pl ‎(masculine co, feminine coa, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

Irish

Alternative forms

• cois (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish cos, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koks-, whence also Latin coxa ‎(“hip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔsˠ/

Noun

cos f ‎(genitive singular coise, nominative plural cosa)

1. foot
2. leg

Declension

• Dual: dhá chois

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “cos” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cos” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cos" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːs/

Noun

cōs f ‎(genitive cōtis); third declension

1. whetstone

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: queux
• Italian: cote
• Romanian: cute
• Spanish: codón

References

• cos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cos in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old French

Noun

cos m

1. inflection of cop:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *koxsā (cf. Welsh coes), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koks-. Cognate with Latin coxa ‎(“hip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kos/

Noun

cos f

1. foot
2. leg

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: cos
• Manx: cass
• Scottish Gaelic: cas

Mutation

References

• “cos” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -os

Verb

cos

1. first-person singular present tense form of coase.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of coase.
3. third-person plural present tense form of coase.