Portuguese

Proper noun

Costa m f

1. A toponymic surname​.

English

Noun

costa ‎(plural costas or costae)

1. (anatomy) A rib.
2. (biology) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
   1. (entomology) The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.

Derived terms

• costal
• costiform

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): C

Translations

See also

• bone

Anagrams

• ascot
• catso
• coast
• coats
• octas
• tacos

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin costa, possibly through the intermediate of another language; compare Spanish costa, Galician costa. Doublet of cuesta.

Noun

costa f ‎(plural costes)

1. shore (land adjoining a large body of water)

Synonyms

• oriella

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Latin costa.

Noun

costa f ‎(plural costes)

1. coast
2. slope
3. rib
4. the underside of an insect's wing

Related terms

• costal
• costàlgia
• costaner
• costat
• costejar
• costella

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Verb

costa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of costar
2. second-person singular imperative form of costar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin costa.

Noun

costa f ‎(plural coste)

1. coast
2. shore
3. slope (of a mountain)
4. (anatomy) rib
5. (botany) rib, vein
6. spine (of a book)
7. welt (of fabric)

Synonyms

• (anatomy): costola

Derived terms

• costale

Related terms

• costato

Verb

costa

1. third-person singular present indicative of costare
2. second-person singular imperative of costare

Anagrams

• casto

Ladin

Verb

costa

1. third-person singular present indicative of coster
2. third-person plural present indicative of coster
3. second-person singular imperative of coster

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kost- (compare Old Church Slavonic кость ‎(kostĭ), Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(kust) ); compare *h₃ost-, whence os ‎(“bone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkos.ta/, [ˈkɔs.ta]

Noun

costa f ‎(genitive costae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a rib
2. a side, a wall

   Costae navium.

   The sides of ships.

   Costae aheni.

   The sides of a cauldron.

   Tergora diripere costis.

   To tear off the skin.

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

See also

• os

References

• costa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• costa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COSTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

costa

Etymology

From Latin costa ‎(“side, rib”), in later and Medieval Latin coming to mean "edge" or "coast".

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.ta/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐ/

Noun

costa f (plural costas)

1. coast (shoreline)

Synonyms

• litoral, beira-mar

Derived terms

• Costa Rica

Related terms

• costão, costear, costeiro
• costas, costela

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian costare, from Latin constāre, present active infinitive of constō.

Verb

a costa ‎(third-person singular present costă, past participle costat) 1st conj.

1. to cost

Synonyms

• prețui

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Galician costa or Catalan costa. Compare also the inherited Spanish doublet cuesta.

Pronunciation

Noun

costa f ‎(plural costas)

1. coast, shore
2. expense, costs in certain expressions.

   vivir a costa de

Related terms

• acostar
• costal m
• costero
• costado m
• costanero
• costo m
• coste m

See also

• litoral m
• orilla f