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coș¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin cossus. Compare regional Italian cosso (“pimple”), Galician coxo (“eczema, rush”).

noun coșuri · coș · coșul · coșurile

  1. neuter pimple, zit

coș²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кошь (košĭ), from Proto-Slavic *košь. Compare Bulgarian кош (koš, “basket”), Slovak kôš (“basket”).

noun coșuri · coș · coșul · coșurile

  1. neuter chimney

    Similar: horn, cămin, fumar, hogeag

  2. neuter basket, wastebasket

Coș³

Where it comes from

From coș.

proper noun lui Coș

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • pimple inflamed spot on the surface of the skin
  • basket container
  • hoop ''(in the plural)'' the game of basketball
  • chimney vertical tube or hollow column; a flue
  • wastepaper basket small open container for discarded paper

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@misc{cos_2026,
  title = {coș},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/co%C8%99},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}