tosk

See also: Tosk

Middle English

Noun

tosk

1. Alternative form of tusk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Contraction of torsk (“codfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tosk/, [tɔsk]

Noun

tosk m (definite singular tosken, indefinite plural tosker, definite plural toskene)

1. a fool; an idiot

   Hun er ingen tosk.

   She's no fool.

   Din tosk.

   You fool!

   Nei, tosk, vi skal drepe ham, og Simba også.

   No, fool, we're gonna kill him, and Simba too. (from the Norwegian dub of the film Lion King)

Synonyms

• dumming
• dumrian
• dåre
• idiot
• fjols
• tulling
• tåpe

Derived terms

• toskethet
• toskeskap

References

• “tosk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “tosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Contraction of torsk (“codfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tosk/, [tɔsk]

Noun

tosk m (definite singular tosken, indefinite plural toskar, definite plural toskane)

1. a fool; an idiot

   Ho er ingen tosk.

   She's no fool.

   Din tosk!.

   You fool!

Synonyms

• dumming
• dumrian
• dåre
• idiot
• fjols
• tulling
• tåpe

Derived terms

• toskeskap

References

• “tosk” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “tosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tosco

Noun

tosk m (uncountable)

1. Tosk (southern variant of the Albanian language)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian tusk, tosk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz.

Noun

tosk c (plural tosken, diminutive toskje)

1. tooth

Derived terms

• slachtosk

Further reading

• “tosk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011