fosse

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fosse^¹

/fɒs/ UK
/fɔs/
/fɑs/ US, cot caught merger, dialectal
/fɒs/ Canada, dialectal
/fɒs/ New Zealand
[fɔ̟s] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒs, -ɔːs

Where it comes from

From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).

noun fosses · foss

A ditch or moat. [T]he ground was […] scattered with the masses of ruined buildings, that had formerly been part of the outward fortifications, but of which some were fallen into the fosse, and others overgrown with alder, ash, and arbeal.
alternative Alternative form of fossa

Fosse^²

proper noun Fosses

A surname.

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noun a ditch or moat

العربية	خَنْدَق ḵandaq

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@misc{fosse_2026,
  title = {fosse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fosse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}