cossa

Inherited from Latin cursa, from cursus (“running”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.sa]

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. (historical) course where certain footraces and horseback races were run

   Synonym: cos

• “cossa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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• (per GDLC, by assumption as it is given as homophonous with coça (“kick (of an animal)”), with /o/) IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.sa]
• (per DCVB, specifically for Vallespir and Cerdanya) IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.sa]
• Homophone: coça

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. (historical) dry measure for grain, equivalent to 2.5 kg

• “cossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.sa]

cossa

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

• Homophones: cossas, cossât

cossa

1. third-person singular past historic of cosser

From Latin causa.

cossa f (plural cosses)

1. thing, object

• cosse

cossa (present tense cossar, past tense cossa, past participle cossa, passive infinitive cossast, present participle cossande, imperative cossa/coss)

1. (informal) to cosplay as something

• cosplaya

• IPA^(key): /ˈkos.sɑ/

cossa

1. genitive plural of coss

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosa/

cossa

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cos

Univerbation of co (“to, toward”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)

cossa

1. to the, toward the (neuter accusative singular)