coz
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʌz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌz
Noun
coz
- (informal) cousin (usually as a term of address)
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
- Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone.
- 1844, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, "The Love Quarrel", in The Columbian Magazine Vol 1. Issue 1. page 6, col. 2, New York, Israel Post, ed John Inman
- "I do not expect that, coz; nor do I desire it."
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɒz/, /kʌz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (unstressed) IPA(key): /kəz/
- Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz
- Homophone: cos
See also
- of coz (etymologically unrelated)
Mapudungun
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوز (koz, “trump”).
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish coçe, from Latin calcem (“heel”). Doublet of calce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈkoθ/ [ˈkoθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈkos/ [ˈkos]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -oθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: coz
Noun
coz f (plural coces)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “coz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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