coz

See also: cōż, což, cóż, cóz, and 'coz

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌz

Noun

coz

1. (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

• cos

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒz/, /kʌz/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /kəz/
• Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz
• Homophone: cos

Conjunction

coz

1. Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

Alternative forms

• cos

See also

• of coz (etymologically unrelated)

Mapudungun

Adjective

coz (Raguileo spelling)

1. yellow

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”).

Adjective

coz m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. very (used for beautiful women)

Declension

invariable		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	coz		coz		coz	coz
	definite	—		—		—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	coz		coz		coz	coz
	definite	—		—		—	—

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish coçe, from Latin calcem (“heel”). Doublet of calce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkoθ/ [ˈkoθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈkos/ [ˈkos]
• Rhymes: -oθ
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: coz

Noun

coz f (plural coces)

1. kick (of an animal)

   Synonym: patada

   se fue dando coces ― he left kicking and screaming

Derived terms

• cocear
• dar coces contra el aguijón
• mate de la coz

 

See also

• puntapié

Further reading

• “coz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28