Unadapted borrowing fromLatin fossa ( “ a ditch, trench, fosse ” ) .Doublet offosse
fossa (plural fossae or ( obsolete ) fossæ
( anatomy ) pit ,groove ,cavity , ordepression .Hyponyms: cubital fossa fossa of Rosenmüller glenoid fossa iliac fossa incisive fossa infratemporal fossa nasal fossa piriform fossa popliteal fossa pterygopalatine fossa rhomboid fossa suprainiac fossa temporal fossa Coordinate terms: fovea sinus fissure sulcus cleft lacuna vallecula ( astronomy ) depression on the body of anextraterrestrial body, such as aplanet ormoon .Afossa in a zoo in Texas, USA Borrowing fromMalagasy fosa Mustela nudipes [ 1] Malay pusak Tagalog pusa cat ".
Approximation of Malagasy pronunciation [ˈfusə̥]: Spelling pronunciation according to English orthography: Rhymes:-uːsə -ʊsə -ɒsə -ɑsə -ɔsə fossa (plural fossas
A largenocturnal reddish-browncatlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox civet family,endemic to therainforests ofMadagascar . It isslender , long-tailed and hasretractile claws andanal scent glands . ^ Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011 ) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics [1] 1–31 Inherited fromLatin fossa
fossa f plural fosses
grave ,pit fossa comunamassgrave ( anatomy , astronomy ) fossa Borrowed fromMalagasy fosa
fossa f plural fosses
fossa Cryptoprocta ferox fossa
inflection offossar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Fromfosik fos -ja ( personal suffix )
IPA (key ) : [ˈfoʃːɒ] Hyphenation:fos‧sa Rhymes:-ʃɒ fossa
third-person singular indicative present definite offosik or fos third-person singular subjunctive present definite offosik or fos This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
fossa
indefinite accusative / genitive plural offoss FromLatin fossa
fossa f plural fosse
pit ,hole grave ( anatomy ) fossa trough (depression between waves or ridges)fossa in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italianafossa
third-person singular / plural imperfect subjunctive ofester Ellipsis offossa terra ( “ dug-up earth ” ) .
fossa f genitive fossae first declension
( literal ) ( in general ) aditch ,trench ,moat ,fosse Synonyms: fovea scrobis fossiō agutter ,waterway Synonym: colliciae afurrow drawn to markfoundations ( Late Latin ) grave ( transferred sense ) boundary First-declension noun.
“fossa Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary “fossa Charlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "fossa ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis fossa inGaffiot, Félix (1934 )Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894 )Latin Phrase-Book [2] 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 Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers “fossa William Smith et al., editor (1890 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
fossa
inflection offosse simplepast past participle FromMalagasy fosa
fossa m definite singular fossaen indefinite plural fossaer definite plural fossaene
afossa Cryptoprocta ferox fossa FromMalagasy fosa
fossa m definite singular fossaen indefinite plural fossaer or fossaar definite plural fossaene or fossaane
afossa Cryptoprocta ferox From the nounfoss m ( “ waterfall ” ) . CompareSwedish forsa
fosse ( e- and split infinitives ) fossa (present tense fossar past tense fossa past participle fossa passive infinitive fossast present participle fossande imperative fossa /foss
( intransitive ) flow rapidly ,fizz ,roar ,foam fossa
genitive plural indefinite offoss m Borrowed fromMalagasy fosa
fossa f
fossa ( any mammal of the genusCryptoprocta ) fossa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
FromLatin fossa [ 1] [ 2]
fossa f plural fossas
hole ,hollow ,cavity Synonym: cova septic tank ( geology ) oceanic trench Borrowed fromEnglish fossa Malagasy fosa [ 2]
fossa f plural fossas
fossa ( Cryptoprocta ferox ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
fossa
inflection offossar third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative 
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