name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
fosse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɒs/
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/fɔs/ US, lot–cloth split, Australian
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US, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /fɑs/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /fɒs/ of the US
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New-Zealand: /fɒs/
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New-Zealand: [fɔ̟s]
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rhymes with -ɒs
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CMU ARPABET: F AA1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A ditch or moat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of fossa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trench
History
Etymology
From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: خَنْدَق (ḵandaq) — a ditch or moat
- Bulgarian: окоп (okop) — a ditch or moat
- Bulgarian: ров (rov) — a ditch or moat
- Danish: voldgrav — a ditch or moat
- Northern Kurdish: co — a ditch or moat
- Māori: awamate — a ditch or moat
- Persian: خندق (xandaq) — a ditch or moat
- Ottoman Turkish: خندق (hendek) — a ditch or moat
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