gos

See also: GOS, GoS, gô, gös, goç, goş, Goś, and gǫs

English

Noun

gos

1. Alternative form of goes (“plural of go”).

Aragonese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Noun

gos m (plural goses)

1. dog

Synonyms

• can
• cocho
• chucho

• ca

Catalan

A dog (a Labrador)

Alternative forms

• goç (obsolete)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word used to call dogs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡos]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

gos m (plural gossos, feminine gossa, feminine plural gosses)

1. dog

   Synonyms: ca, quisso

2. (figurative) a lazy man

   Synonyms: gandul, malfeiner

3. laziness

   Synonym: mandra

Derived terms

• color de gos com fuig
• gos policia
• gos viverrí
• gossada
• gosset

Further reading

• “gos”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gos”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Noun

gos

1. plural of go

Icelandic

Etymology

Unattested in Old Norse, but closely related to the Old Norse nickname Goss m. Cognate with Faroese gos (“draught; squirt”) and Norwegian Nynorsk gos (“squirt; drivel”). An abstract noun to gjósa (“to erupt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

gos n (genitive singular goss, nominative plural gos)

1. (geology) eruption (of a geyser, volcano, etc.)

   Þetta er fyrsta gos sem hefst í þorpi á Íslandi.

   This is the first eruption to begin in a village in Iceland.

2. soda (US), fizzy drink (UK)

   Synonym: gosdrykkur m

   Almennt gef ég drengnum ekki sælgæti eða gos og reyni að hafa matinn hollan og góðan.

   Generally, I don't give the boy sweets or fizzy drinks and I try to keep the food healthy and good.

Declension

Declension of gos (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gos	gosið	gos	gosin
accusative	gos	gosið	gos	gosin
dative	gosi	gosinu	gosum	gosunum
genitive	goss	gossins	gosa	gosanna

Derived terms

types of eruptions

• dyngjugos (“shield volcano eruption”)
• eldgos (“volcanic eruption”)
• ferðamannagos, túristagos (“volcanic eruption suitable for tourists”)
• hraungos (“w:effusive eruption”)
• sólgos (“solar flare”)
• sprengigos (“explosive eruption”)
• sprungugos (“fissure eruption”)
• stórgos (“major eruption”)
• öskugos (“ashy eruption”)

other geology related

• gosaska f (“volcanic ash”)
• gosbelti n (“volcanic zone”)
• gosberg n (“volcanic rock”)
• gosefni n (“eruptive product”)
• goshlé n (“period of inactivity between eruptions”)
• goshrina f (“series of eruptions”)
• goshver m (“geyser”)
• goslok n pl (“end of eruption”)
• gosmengun f (“volcanic pollution”)
• gosmóða f (“volcanic smog”)
• gosmökkur m (“volcanic plume”)
• gosop n (“volcanic fissure”)
• gosórói m (“volcanic tremor”)
• gosrás f (“lava channel”)
• gossprunga f (“volcanic vent”)
• gosstrókur m (“lava fountain”)
• gosstöð f, gosstaður m (“eruption site”)
• gossvæði n (“eruption area”)
• gosvirkni f (“volcanism”)

related to drinks

• gosdós f (“soda can”)
• gosdrykkja f (“soda consumption”)
• gosdrykkur m (“soda, fizzy pop”)
• gosflaska f (“soda bottle”)
• gosglas n (“glas of soda”)
• goslaus (“non-carbonated”, adjective)

other

• gosa (“to be draughty”)
• gosast (“to go outside poorly dressed for the cold”)
• gosbrunnur m (“fountain”)

Further reading

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “gos”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• “gos” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Anagrams

• sog

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsˠ/, /ɡəsˠ/

Preposition

gos (plus dative, triggers no mutation)

1. (archaic, except in fixed phrases) alternative form of go (“until, up to”) (used before the definite article)

   gos an lá inniu ― up to today, until the present day

Usage notes

• Only used in a few fixed phrases like gos an lá inniu. Otherwise, the synonym go dtí is used before the article.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• goce, goos, gose, gosse

Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans; compare gandre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

gos (plural ges)

1. A goose (especially a female one)
2. The meat or corpse of a goose.
3. A fool or idiot.

Related terms

• goshauk
• goslyng
• gossomer

Descendants

• English: goose
• Scots: guise

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkos/

Adverb

gos

1. where, in what place (interrogative)
2. whence, from where (interrogative)
3. where (relative)
4. whence, from where (relative)

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡus]

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

gos m (plural gosses)

1. dog

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

gōs f

1. goose
   • Exeter Book:

     Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.

     Sometimes I cry like a goose.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gōs	gēs
accusative	gōs	gēs
genitive	gēs, gōse	gōsa
dative	gēs	gōsum

Descendants

• Middle English: gos, goce, goos, gose, gosse
  • English: goose
  • Scots: guise

Old Saxon

Noun

gos n

1. alternative form of gās

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːs/

Noun

gọ̑s f

1. goose

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	gós
gen. sing.	gosí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gós	gosí	gosí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gosí	gosí	gosí
dative (dajȃlnik)	gósi	goséma	gosém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gós	gosí	gosí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gósi	goséh	goséh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gosjó	goséma	gosmí

Further reading

• “gos”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from gosa.

Noun

gos n (colloquial)

1. cuddliness
2. (action of) cuddling, snuggling

Declension

Declension of gos

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gos	gos
	definite	goset	gosets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Zazaki

Noun

gos

1. ear