tosc

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tuscus. Compare Friulian tosc.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tosc (feminine tosca, masculine plural toscs or toscos, feminine plural tosques)

  1. crude
    Synonyms: rude, rústec
  2. coarse
    Synonym: inculte

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin tuscus (Etruscan), in the context of Vicus Tuscus in Rome, whose inhabitants had a bad reputation. Compare Venetan tosco (boor), Spanish tosco (crude, rough, uncouth), Catalan tosc (rough, coarse), compare also Albanian toskë.

Adjective

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tosc

  1. equivocal, shady

Ladin

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Adverb

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tosc

  1. (Gherdëina, Badiot) soon
    Tosc saral Nadel.
    It'll soon be Christmas.

Alternative forms

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