foss

See also: Foss, FOSS, and Foß

English

Etymology 1

See fosse.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

  1. Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fors.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

  1. Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss

  1. indefinite accusative singular of fossur
  2. indefinite genitive singular of fossur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

  1. a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension
declension of foss
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative foss fossinn fossar fossarnir
accusative foss fossinn fossa fossana
dative fossi fossinum fossum fossunum
genitive foss fossins fossa fossanna

Norwegian Bokmål
foss

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

  1. a waterfall

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔsː/

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

  1. a waterfall

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adverb

foss

  1. right away, in a moment
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