foso

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoso]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: fo‧so

Etymology 1

fosi +‎ -o

Noun

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. ditch, moat, trench
2. (uncommon) grave

Related terms

• fosi

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Malagasy fosa.

Noun

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. fossa (Madagascan carnivorous mongoose)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English fosse, French fosse, Italian fossa, Spanish foso. Compare Esperanto foso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

Noun

foso (plural fosi)

1. hole, pit, cavity

Derived terms

• foseto (“small hole; dimple”)
• fosifar (“to dig or make a pit”)

 

See also

• truo
• fosato

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoso]

Noun

foso f

1. vocative singular of fosă

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian fosso. Cognate with English fosse.

Noun

foso m (plural fosos)

1. ditch, trench
2. moat, fosse
3. (shooting) trap

Derived terms

• doble foso

 

Related terms

• afosarse
• fosa
• fosar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

foso

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosar

Further reading

• “foso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

Verb

foso

1. (stative) to be forbidden, taboo

Conjugation

Conjugation of foso
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tofoso	fofoso	mifoso
2nd	nofoso	nifoso
3rd	Masculine	ofoso	ifoso, yofoso†
Feminine	mofoso
Neuter	ifoso
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh