tosse

From Old Norse þurs (“giant, ogre”).

tosse c (singular definite tossen, plural indefinite tosser)

1. simpleton

tosse (imperative tos, infinitive at tosse, present tense tosser, past tense tossede, perfect tense har tosset)

1. fool, fool about, fool around

From Latin tussem, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.se/
• Rhymes: -osse
• Hyphenation: tós‧se

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tosse f (plural tossi)

1. cough (condition that causes one to cough)

• colpo di tosse - cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
• tossicone
• tossire

• Sesto, sesto, soste, steso, tesso

Probably from Danish.

tosse f (definite singular tossa, indefinite plural tosser, definite plural tossene)

1. (derogatory, rare or dated) a stupid, foolish woman

tosse

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) past tense of tykkja

• “tosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Hyphenation: tos‧se

From Old Galician-Portuguese tosse, from Latin tussis (“cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

tosse f (plural tosses)

1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)
2. (uncountable, familiar) common cold

   Synonyms: (Portugal) constipação, constipação nasal, gripe, nasofaringite, (Brazil) resfriado, rinofaringite

• antitosse
• tosse convulsa
• ver o que é bom para tosse

tosse

1. inflection of tossir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.

• IPA^(key): /tɔs/

tosse m or f (plural tosses)

1. cough

• tossî
• tossaedje