foso

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoso/
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: fo‧so

fosi +‎ -o

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. ditch, moat, trench
2. (uncommon) grave

• fosi

Ultimately from Malagasy fosa.

foso (accusative singular foson, plural fosoj, accusative plural fosojn)

1. fossa (Madagascan carnivorous mongoose)

Borrowed from English fosse, French fosse, Italian fossa, Spanish foso. Compare Esperanto foso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

foso (plural fosi)

1. hole, pit, cavity

• truo
• fosato

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoso]

foso f

1. vocative singular of fosă

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoso/ [ˈfo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fo‧so

Borrowed from Italian fosso. Cognate with English fosse.

foso m (plural fosos)

1. ditch, trench
2. moat, fosse

   Synonym: fosa

3. (shooting) trap

foso

1. first-person singular present indicative of fosar

• “foso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.so/

foso

1. (stative) to be forbidden, taboo

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh