"cosa" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/ [Central-and-Southern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.sa/ [Central-and-Southern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.za/ [Northern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.sa/ [Northern-Italy, dialectal] Forms: cose [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa, -ɔza, -ɔsa Etymology: Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. The pronoun is a clipping of che cosa. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|causa}} Latin causa, {{doublet|it|causa|notext=1}} causa, {{clipping|it|che cosa|nocap=1}} clipping of che cosa Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} cosa f (plural cose)
  1. thing, matter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cosa-it-noun-CO3ec3F- Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 34 33 33

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈkɔ.za/ [Central-and-Southern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.sa/ [Central-and-Southern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.za/ [Northern-Italy], /ˈkɔ.sa/ [Northern-Italy, dialectal]
Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa, -ɔza, -ɔsa Etymology: Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of the borrowing causa. The pronoun is a clipping of che cosa. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|causa}} Latin causa, {{doublet|it|causa|notext=1}} causa, {{clipping|it|che cosa|nocap=1}} clipping of che cosa Head templates: {{head|it|pronoun}} cosa
  1. what?
    Sense id: en-cosa-it-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 34 33 33
  2. what!
    Sense id: en-cosa-it-pron-XektP8AZ Categories (other): Italian pronouns Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: che cosa, Cosa Nostra, qualcosa

Inflected forms

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