fosse
French
noun
Definitions
- pit (hole in the ground)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fosse inherited from Old French fosse inherited from Latin fossa (ditch, moat, trench).
Origin
Latin
fossa
Gloss
ditch, moat, trench
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
堀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fossa English
- fossa Latin
- fossātum Latin
- fossa Italian
- fossetta Italian
- fosso Italian
- infossare Italian
- fossette French
- fosa Spanish, Castilian
- huesa Spanish, Castilian
- fosa Polish
- fosse Middle English
- fosse Old French
- focha Galician
- foasă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fosă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fushë Albanian
- fosse Middle French
- fuesse Friulian
- φόσσα gkm