koss

See also: Koss, köss, and kôš

English

Noun

koss (plural koss or kosses)

  1. Alternative form of coss

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

  1. a kiss

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

koss

  1. (non-standard since 1959) alternative form of åssen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔsː/

Noun

koss f (definite singular kossa, indefinite plural kosser, definite plural kossene)

  1. Alternative form of kòs

Noun

koss m or n (definite singular kossen or kosset, indefinite plural kossar or koss, definite plural kossane or kossa)

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊsː/

Adverb

koss

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

  1. kiss

Descendants

  • Icelandic: koss
  • Faroese: kossur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyss; (dialectal) kjøss, kjuss
  • Old Swedish: kus, kos
  • Old Danish:

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

References

  • koss”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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