Fossa — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɑːsə/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɒsə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɒsə/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈɑːsə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pit fossa cat genus Fossa Cryptoprocta ferox

Word Forms

pit

verb

mark with a scar

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

fosse

une concavité dans une surface (notamment une dépression anatomique)

🇪🇸Spanish

fosa

una concavidad en una superficie (especialmente una depresión anatómica)

🇷🇺Russian

ямка

вогнутость поверхности (особенно анатомическое углубление)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गढ़ा

किसी सतह में अवतलता (विशेषकर शारीरिक अवसाद)

🇧🇩Bengali

ফোসা

একটি পৃষ্ঠের অবতলতা (বিশেষত একটি শারীরবৃত্তীয় বিষণ্নতা)

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫోసా

ఉపరితలంలో పుటాకారము (ముఖ్యంగా శరీర నిర్మాణ సంబంధమైన మాంద్యం)

🇮🇳Marathi

फोसा

पृष्ठभागावरील अवतलता (विशेषत: शारीरिक उदासीनता)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફોસા

સપાટીમાં અંતર્મુખતા (ખાસ કરીને શરીરરચનાત્મક ડિપ્રેશન)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫೊಸಾ

ಮೇಲ್ಮೈಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಂಕೋಚನ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಅಂಗರಚನಾ ಖಿನ್ನತೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫോസ

ഒരു പ്രതലത്തിലെ ഒരു കോൺകാവിറ്റി (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ശരീരഘടനാപരമായ വിഷാദം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫੋਸਾ

ਇੱਕ ਸਤਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਕੰਨਕਵਿਟੀ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਰੀਰਿਕ ਉਦਾਸੀ)

🇵🇰Urdu

فوسا

سطح میں مقعد (خاص طور پر ایک جسمانی افسردگی)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

窝

🇯🇵Japanese

フォッサ

表面の凹み（特に解剖学的くぼみ）

🇰🇷Korean

와

표면의 오목함(특히 해부학적 함몰)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hố

độ lõm trên bề mặt (đặc biệt là chỗ lõm về mặt giải phẫu)

🇹🇭Thai

แอ่งน้ำ

ความเว้าในพื้นผิว (โดยเฉพาะภาวะซึมเศร้าทางกายวิภาค)

🇮🇩Indonesian

fosa

cekungan di permukaan (terutama depresi anatomi)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحفرة

تقعر في السطح (خصوصًا الانخفاض التشريحي)

🇮🇷Persian

حفره

یک فرورفتگی در یک سطح (به ویژه یک فرورفتگی تشریحی)

🇹🇷Turkish

çukur

bir yüzeydeki içbükeylik (özellikle anatomik bir çöküntü)

🇮🇱Hebrew

גוּמָץ

קיעור במשטח (במיוחד שקע אנטומי)

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