tosco

See also: Tosco

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Tuscus (“Tuscan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtos.ko/, [ˈt̪os̪ko]
  • Rhymes: -osko
  • Stress: tósco
  • Hyphenation: to‧sco

Adjective

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche)

  1. (archaic) Tuscan

Noun

tosco m (plural toschi)

  1. (archaic) A person from or an inhabitant of Tuscany.
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy]‎ (in Italian), 1st edition, Foligno: Printed by Johannes Numeister and Evangelista Mei, published 1472, Canto X, lines 22-23:
      O toſco che per la cipta del foco ¶ uiuo ten uai coſi parlando honeſto […]
      «O Tuscan, thou who through the city of fire ¶ goest alive, thus speaking modestly […] »

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Albanian toskë (“Tosk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/, [ˈt̪ɔs̪ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Stress: tòsco
  • Hyphenation: to‧sco

Adjective

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toschi, feminine plural tosche)

  1. (dated) Of or pertaining to the southern part of Albania.

Proper noun

tosco m

  1. The Tosk variety of the Albanian language.

Etymology 3

Poetic alteration of tossico (“poisonous substance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔs.ko/, [ˈt̪ɔs̪ko]
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Stress: tòsco
  • Hyphenation: to‧sco

Noun

tosco m (plural toschi)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) poison, harmful substance
    Synonym: veleno

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tŭscus (“Etruscan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtos.ku̥]

Adjective

tosco m (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas, comparable)

  1. (of stone) unpolished
    Synonym: bruto
    Antonyms: lapidado, lavrado
  2. (by extension, of an object) rough; raw; coarse; crude
  3. (of a person) uncouth; rude
  4. (slang) lame; boring
Synonyms
  • (rough): see Thesaurus:grosseiro

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin tuscus (“Etruscan”), from Latin Vicus Tuscus (the dwellers of Vicus Tuscus in Rome had a bad reputation).

Adjective

tosco (feminine singular tosca, masculine plural toscos, feminine plural toscas)

  1. crude
  2. uncouth
  3. coarse, rough
Derived terms
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