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foce

foce

Italian

Noun

foce f ‎(plural foci)

  1. mouth (of a river)

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References

  1. ↑ “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2

Latin

Noun

foce

  1. vocative singular of focus

Polish

Noun

foce f

  1. dative singular of foka
  2. locative singular of foka

Etymology

From Late Latin focem, a popular variant of faucem, a word form of Latin fauces ‎(“throat”). Cognate to Italian fauce, which is borrowed from Latin whereas foce is inherited (doublets). Cognates include Occitan foz, Portuguese foz, Spanish hoz. [1]

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