English

Noun

fossa ‎(plural fossae or fossæ)

1. (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth.
2. (geology) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

A fossa (the mammal) in a zoo in Texas, USA

See Fossa etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

fossa ‎(plural fossas)

1. A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox.

Translations

Anagrams

• sofas

Icelandic

Noun

fossa

1. indefinite accusative plural of foss
2. indefinite genitive plural of foss

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fossa.

Noun

fossa f ‎(plural fosse)

1. pit, hole
2. grave
3. (anatomy) fossa
4. trough (depression between waves or ridges)

Related terms

• affossare
• formaggio di fossa
• fossa comune
• fossato
• infossare

Anagrams

• sfaso, sfasò

Ladin

Verb

fossa

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ester
2. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of ester

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō ‎(“dig out, excavate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfos.sa/, [ˈfɔs.sa]

Noun

fossa f ‎(genitive fossae); first declension

1. ditch, trench, moat
2. gutter, waterway
3. (Late Latin) grave

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (ditch): fossiō, fovea

Derived terms

• fossula

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Descendants

References

• fossa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fossa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FOSSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fossa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a ditch, a fosse: fossam ducere
    
  • to surround a town with a rampart and fosse: oppidum cingere vallo et fossa
    
• fossa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fossa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Verb

fossa

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