foss

See also: Foss, FOSS, and Foß

English

Etymology 1

See fosse.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

Alternative spelling of fosse

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fors.

Noun

foss (plural fosses)

Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔsː/
Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss

indefinite accusative singular of fossur
indefinite genitive singular of fossur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fors.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔsː/
Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

foss m (genitive singular foss, nominative plural fossar)

a waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff)

Declension

declension of foss

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	foss	fossinn	fossar	fossarnir
accusative	foss	fossinn	fossa	fossana
dative	fossi	fossinum	fossum	fossunum
genitive	foss	fossins	fossa	fossanna

Norwegian Bokmål

foss

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fosser, definite plural fossene)

a waterfall

Synonyms

fossefall
vannfall, vassfall

References

“foss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fors, foss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔsː/

Noun

foss m (definite singular fossen, indefinite plural fossar, definite plural fossane)

a waterfall

Synonyms

fossefall
vassfall

References

“foss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From fus, -fos, from Old Norse fúss, from Proto-Germanic *funsaz.

Adverb

foss

right away, in a moment

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