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Meaning of fossa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈfɔs.sa]

Definitions

  1. a ditch, trench, moat, fosse
    declension-1, feminine, usually
  2. a gutter, waterway
    declension-1, feminine
  3. a furrow drawn to mark foundations
    declension-1, feminine
  4. a grave
    Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine
  5. a boundary
    declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

العربية مَمَرّ مَائِيّ
Čeština vodní cesta
Cymraeg camlas dyfrffordd
Deutsch Fahrwasser Meeresstraße Wasserstraße Wasserweg
English canal Ditch Moat Trench Waterway
Esperanto akvovojo
Español hidrovía torrentera
فارسی آبراه
Suomi laivaväylä vesireitti vesistöreitti vesitie vesiväylä
Français voie navigable
हिन्दी जलमार्ग
Bahasa Indonesia jalan air
日本語 水路 澪
ქართული ფარვატერი
한국어 곬 뱃길 수로
Lietuvių vandentakis
Nederlands vaart vaarwater vaarweg waterweg
Polski droga wodna
Português hidrovia
Русский во́дный путь фарватер
Sesotho moedi
Türkçe su yolu
Tiếng Việt đường thuỷ kênh sông ngòi sông suối thuỷ lộ

Examples

“Quiritium quoque fossa [...] Anci regis opus est”

Also the Quirites’ ditch was the work of king Ancus

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

fossa rhomboīdea fossae fossam fossarum fossas fossata

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