# fosa
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfo.za]
* Rhymes: -oza

### Etymology 1
#### Participle

fosa f sg
* feminine singular of fos

### Etymology 2

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fondre.

#### Noun

fosa f (plural foses)
* melting (of metal, snow, etc.); smelting; casting (of metal)
* metalworking
* cast iron
* (cinematography, music) fade, dissolve
* (typography) font

## Czech
### Etymology

From Malagasy fosa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfosa]

### Noun

fosa f
* fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “fosa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “fosa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Hungarian
### Etymology

fos +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfoʃɒ]
* Hyphenation: fo‧sa

### Noun

fosa
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of fos

#### Declension
## Irish
### Etymology

From Malagasy fosa.

### Noun

fosa m (genitive singular fosa, nominative plural fosaí)
* fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
fosa
fosaí
vocative
a fhosa
a fhosaí
genitive
fosa
fosaí
dative
fosa
fosaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an fosa
na fosaí
genitive
an fhosa
na bhfosaí
dative
leis an bhfosa don fhosa
leis na fosaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* “fosa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Malagasy
### Etymology

Likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift, thus cognate with Sarawak Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fusə̥]

### Noun

fosa
* fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

#### Descendants

* → English: fossa
** → Portuguese: fossa
** → Translingual: Fossa

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics‎, Aussois, France, pages 1–31

## Phuthi
### Verb

-fosa
* to be wrong, to be mistaken

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fossa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔ.sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔsa
* Syllabification: fo‧sa

### Noun

fosa f
* moat, fosse (deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation)

#### Derived terms

* fosa orkiestrowa

### Further reading

* fosa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* fosa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfosa]

### Noun

fosa f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of fosă

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfosa/ [ˈfo.sa]
* Rhymes: -osa
* Syllabification: fo‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fossa. See also huesa, inherited from the same source. Cognate with English fosse (“moat, ditch”).

#### Noun

fosa f (plural fosas)
* moat
* cavity
    Synonym: cavidad
* grave
    Synonym: tumba
* pit
    Synonym: hoyo

##### Derived terms

* fosa común
* Fosa de las Marianas
* fosa nasal
* fosa séptica
* limpiafosas

##### Related terms

* fosar
* foso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fosa
* inflection of fosar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* sofá
* Safo