osca

See also: Osca, oscă, ośca, and Òsca

Catalan

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞s.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɔs.ka]

Noun

osca f (plural osques)

1. notch, nick

   Synonym: mossa

2. keyway, keyseat

Derived terms

• oscar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞s.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈos.ka]

Adjective

osca

1. feminine singular of osc

Noun

osca f (plural osques)

1. female equivalent of osc

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈo̞s.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɔs.ka]

Verb

osca

1. inflection of oscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “osca”, 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

Galician

Alternative forms

• oscra, osquia, ozca

Etymology

From Gaulish *osca (“notch”), from Proto-Celtic. Cognate with Asturian güezca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔska̝/

Noun

osca f (plural oscas)

1. spiral notch in the spindle

   Synonyms: maínzo, rosca

2. slit, cleft

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “osca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “osquia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ozca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ozca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔska
• Hyphenation: ò‧sca

Adjective

osca

1. feminine singular of osco

Anagrams

• Cosa, caos, caso, cosa, cosà

Spanish

Adjective

osca

1. feminine singular of osco