tosca

See also: Tosca

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From tosc + -a.

Noun

tosca f (plural tosques)

  1. deposit, incrustation, scale
    Synonym: incrustació
  2. (dentistry) tartar
  3. pumice
    Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita
  4. (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree)
Derived terms
  • toscar
  • toscós
  • tosquejar

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosc

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoska̝/

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

  1. soft stone

References

  1. Julian Santano Moreno (2004) “La familia del IE *teu-"hincharse" en las lenguas romances y en vasco. El sustrato indoeuropeo en la etimologia romance”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique, volume 43, number 1, →ISSN, pages 3-60

Irish

Noun

tosca f pl

  1. plural of toisc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tosca thosca dtosca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto.ska/
  • Rhymes: -oska
  • Hyphenation: tó‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ska/
  • Rhymes: -ɔska
  • Hyphenation: tò‧sca

Adjective

tosca f sg

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Anagrams

Portuguese

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoska/ [ˈt̪os.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oska
  • Syllabification: tos‧ca

Noun

tosca f (plural toscas)

  1. (geology) tuff
  2. (dental hygiene) tartar
    Synonym: sarro

Adjective

tosca

  1. feminine singular of tosco

Further reading

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