tosse

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Norseþurs(“giant, ogre”).

Noun

tossec(singular definitetossen,plural indefinitetosser)

1. simpleton

Inflection

Declension oftosse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tosse	tossen	tosser	tosserne
genitive	tosses	tossens	tossers	tossernes

Verb

tosse(imperativetos,infinitiveattosse,present tensetosser,past tensetossede,perfect tensehartosset)

1. fool,fool about,fool around

Italian

Etymology

FromLatintussem,fromProto-Indo-European*tud-ti-s-(“cough”),from*(s)tewd-,from*(s)tew-(“to push, hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtos.se/
• Rhymes:-osse
• Hyphenation:tós‧se

• Audio:

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Noun

tossef(pluraltossi)

1. cough(condition that causes one to cough)

Related terms

• colpodi tosse - cough(expulsion of air from the lungs)
• tossicone
• tossire

Anagrams

• Sesto,sesto,soste,steso,tesso

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Probably fromDanish.

Noun

tossef(definite singulartossa,indefinite pluraltosser,definite pluraltossene)

1. (derogatory,rareordated)astupid,foolishwoman

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

1. (dialectal,nonstandard)pasttenseoftykkja

References

• “tosse”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈtɔ.si/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈtɔ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈtɔ.se/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈtɔ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation:tos‧se

Etymology 1

FromOld Galician-Portuguesetosse,fromLatintussis(“cough”),fromProto-Indo-European*tud-ti-s-(“cough”),from*(s)tewd-,from*(s)tew-(“to push, hit”).

Noun

tossef(pluraltosses)

1. cough(expulsion of air from the lungs)
2. (uncountable,familiar)common cold

   Synonyms:(Portugal)constipação,constipação nasal,gripe,nasofaringite,(Brazil)resfriado,rinofaringite

Derived terms

• antitosse
• tosse convulsa
• ver o que é bom para tosse

Related terms

• tossegoso
• tosseira
• tossicar
• tossiculoso
• tossidela
• tossido
• tossiquento
• tossir

Etymology 2

Verb

tosse

1. inflection oftossir:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Walloon

Etymology

FromOld Frenchtous,tos,fromLatintussis, tussem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tɔs/

Noun

tossemorf(pluraltosses)

1. cough

Related terms

• tossî
• tossaedje