foce

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin or Vulgar Latin focem, a popular variant of faucem, a word form of Latin fauces (“throat”). Cognate with Italian fauce, which is borrowed from Latin whereas foce is inherited (doublets). Cognates include Occitan foz, Portuguese foz, Spanish hoz. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -otʃe

Noun

foce f (plural foci)

  1. mouth (of a river)
    Synonym: bocca (rare)

Derived terms
  • foce a delta (“delta”)
  • foce a estuario (“estuary”)

See also

References
  1. “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Noun

foce

  1. vocative singular of focus

Polish

Noun

foce f

  1. dative singular of foka
  2. locative singular of foka
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