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Webster 1828 Edition


Foss

FOSS

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Noun.
[L. fossa; from fossus, fodio, to dig.]
1.
A ditch or moat; a word used in fortification.
2.
In anatomy, a kind of cavity in a bone, with a large aperture.

Definition 2024


Foss

Foss

See also: foss, FOSS, and Foß

English

Proper noun

Foss

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Oklahoma.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Foss m (plural Fass)

  1. fox

foss

foss

See also: Foss, FOSS, and Foß

English

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

  1. Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fors.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

  1. Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss

  1. indefinite accusative singular of fossur
  2. indefinite genitive singular of fossur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

  1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

foss

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

  1. a waterfall

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

  1. a waterfall

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