chousa

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin causa. Doublet of côsa.

Verb

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chousa f (plural chouses) (ORB, broad)

  1. thing

References

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  • chose in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • chousa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

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Galician

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an old walled chousa, zarro, or devesa

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin clausa (enclosed). Compare Portuguese chouso, chousura.

Noun

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chousa f (plural chousas)

  1. enclosed woodland
    Synonyms: devesa, landeira, zarra
  2. enclosed pastures or orchard
    • 1362, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 172:
      en toda a chousa que Andre Deus de Ueyga tinna sarrada et marcada por marcos et chantada de vinna
      in all the enclosing that André de Deus de Veiga had closed and delimited by boundary stoned and planted with vines
  3. (fishing) a fine mesh net

Derived terms

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References

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin clausa.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo(w).zɐ/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯).zɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃo(w).za/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯).za]
 

Noun

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chousa f (plural chousas)

  1. (archaic) enclosed pastures or orchard

References

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  1. ^ chousa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024