"fossa" meaning in English

See fossa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɒ.sə/ [UK], /ˈfɑ.sə/ [US], /ˈfɔ.sə/ [US] Forms: fossae [plural], fossæ [obsolete, plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsə, -ɑsə, -ɔsə Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”). Doublet of fosse. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|fossa||a ditch, trench, fosse}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin fossa (“a ditch, trench, fosse”), {{dbt|en|fosse}} Doublet of fosse Head templates: {{en-noun|fossae|fossæ|pl2qual=obsolete}} fossa (plural fossae or (obsolete) fossæ)
  1. (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (pit, groove, cavity): трапчинка (trapčinka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), впадина (vpadina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (wō) (Chinese Mandarin), kuoppa (Finnish), fossa (Finnish), Vertiefung [feminine] (German), log [masculine] (Irish), clais [feminine] (Irish), ùdubina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fossu [masculine] (Sicilian), fossa [feminine] (Sicilian), pirtusu [masculine] (Sicilian), fossa [common-gender] (Swedish), fördjupning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fossa-en-noun-OwxfdVdn Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'pit, groove, cavity': 93 7
  2. (astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-fossa-en-noun-hf3d9REs Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 39 61 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cerebral fossa, pterygomaxillary fossa, pyriform fossa, sphenomaxillary fossa, sphenopalatine fossa Related terms: fosse, fossula, fossulate
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfuː.sə/ [UK, US], /ˈfʊ.sə/ [UK, US], /ˈfɒ.sə/ [UK], /ˈfɑ.sə/ [US], /ˈfɔ.sə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fossa.wav Forms: fossas [plural]
Rhymes: -uːsə, -ʊsə, -ɒsə, -ɑsə, -ɔsə Etymology: [Alt: Cryptoprocta ferox Borrowing from Malagasy fosa which likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift, thus cognate with Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa both meaning "cat". Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Cryptoprocta ferox|species}} Cryptoprocta ferox, {{bor|en|mg|fosa}} Malagasy fosa, {{taxlink|Mustela nudipes|species}} Mustela nudipes, {{cog|ms|pusak}} Malay pusak, {{cog|tl|pusa}} Tagalog pusa Head templates: {{en-noun}} fossa (plural fossas)
  1. A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands. Categories (lifeform): Euplerids Translations (Cryptoprocta ferox): فوسا (fōsa) [feminine] (Arabic), ফছা (phosa) (Assamese), дългоопашата вивера (dǎlgoopašata vivera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 馬島狸 (Chinese Cantonese), 马岛狸 (maa⁵ dou² lei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 馬島長尾狸貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 马岛长尾狸猫 (Mǎdǎo chángwěilímāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 馬島獴 (Chinese Mandarin), 马岛獴 (Mǎdǎo měng) (Chinese Mandarin), 窩靈貓 (Chinese Mandarin), 窝灵猫 (wōlíngmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 隱肛狸 (Chinese Mandarin), 隐肛狸 (yǐngānglí) (Chinese Mandarin), fosa [feminine] (Czech), fretkat [common-gender] (Dutch), foso (Esperanto), fossa [masculine] (French), ფოსა (posa) (Georgian), Fossa [feminine] (German), פוֹסָה (fosah) (Hebrew), fossza (Hungarian), fosa [masculine] (Irish), フォッサ (fossa) (Japanese), 포사 (posa) (Korean), fosa (Malagasy), fossa [feminine] (Maltese), fossa (Norwegian Bokmål), fossa (Norwegian Nynorsk), fossa [feminine] (Polish), fossa (Portuguese), фо́сса (fóssa) [feminine] (Russian), fosa [feminine] (Slovak), fossa [common-gender] (Swedish), fossa (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fossa-en-noun-PBVVVATd Disambiguation of Euplerids: 6 12 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 24 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 17 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 22 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 13 20 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 14 19 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 21 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 14 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 21 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 19 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 24 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 20 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 20 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 12 16 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 14 21 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 25 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 22 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 17 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 25 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 22 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 13 20 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 20 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 20 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "other": "[ˈfusə̥]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfuː.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʊ.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɒ.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɑ.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔ.sə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑsə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔsə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fōsa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فوسا"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "phosa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "ফছা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎlgoopašata vivera",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дългоопашата вивера"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "馬島狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "maa⁵ dou² lei⁴",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "马岛狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "馬島長尾狸貓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎdǎo chángwěilímāo",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "马岛长尾狸猫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "馬島獴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎdǎo měng",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "马岛獴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "窩靈貓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wōlíngmāo",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "窝灵猫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "隱肛狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐngānglí",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "隐肛狸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fretkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "foso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "posa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "ფოსა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fosah",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "פוֹסָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fossza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fossa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "フォッサ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "posa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "포사"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fóssa",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фо́сса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
      "word": "fossa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fossa"
}

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