foce

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin focem, a popular variant of faucem, a word form of Latin fauces (“throat”). Cognate to Italian fauce, which is borrowed from Latin whereas foce is inherited (doublets). Cognates include Occitan foz, Portuguese foz, Spanish hoz. [1]

Noun

foce f (plural foci)

  1. mouth (of a river)

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ “foce” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Noun

foce

  1. vocative singular of focus

Polish

Noun

foce f

  1. dative singular of foka
  2. locative singular of foka
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