| Entry (1/3) | 1 fosa |
| Part of speech | 2 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
3 Filazana kileman' olona tsy eo imasony, fanambarana ny toetran' ny hafa mba hanaratsiana azy
[1.1] |
| Explanations in English |
4 backbiting, calumniating, scandalizing. Comp. endrikendrika, manaratsy
[1.2] |
| Explanations in French |
5 diffamation, dénigrement, rapports faits en cachette et souvent exagérés, médisance
[1.3#188] |
| Derivatives |
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| All compound words | 14 3 combinations of that word |
| Proverbs | 15 Proverbs containing that word |
| Entry (2/3) | 16 fôsa |
| Part of speech | 17 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
18 volana fahadimy amin'ny taona
[Taisaka, Tanosy]
[1.78] |
| Explanations in French |
[fosa]
19 mois de mai
[Taisaka]
[1.82] |
| Examples |
20 ny fosa dia ho Adaoro ny Maka dia ho Adizaoza
[2.113#]
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| Vocabulary | 21 Time |
| Hyperonym |
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| Entry (3/3) | 97 fosa |
| Part of speech | 98 noun |
| Explanations in Malagasy |
99 Biby mpihina-nofombiby hafa, mitovy habe amin' ny alika ary mitovy endrika amin' ny saka; manja mena ny volony ary mena ny masony; loza raha hiani-kazo; tsy mivoaka raha tsy amin' ny alina andripahany ny akoho amam-borona
[1.1] |
| Explanations in English |
100 "A small and graceful cat-like animal peculiar to Madagascar (both the genus and the family of which it is the sole member are confined to the island), formerly classed among the Viverridae,
101 but now considered to form a distinct family between the cats and civets." 102 It is a plantigrade animal and extremely ferocious. 103 Cryptoprocta ferox , Benn. Probably the same as pintsala. 104 Also the name of a species of civet, of a peculiar genus, D'Aubenton's fossane. Fossa d'Aubentonii, Gray. [1.2] 105 a Malagasy carnivore something like a large mink [1.7] |
| Explanations in French |
106 Cryptoprocta ferox, petit carnassier
[Taisaka]
[1.82] 107 genette fossane [1.54] 108 carnivore malagasy, espèce de genette [1.8] 109 fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) [4.22] |
| Examples |
110 Vory teo daholo hono ireo biby rehetra ireo tamin' io : ny fosa, ny akanga, ny papango.
[1.508#]
111 nefa ny vorona sy ny araboa-dia, ny fosa, ny kary, nikarenjy tamin' ireny boalaboala ireny. [1.437#] 112 Fony izy mbola teto, saiky lany tamingana ny lambo sy ny fosa fa ny tsy matin' ny bala, voan' ny fandrika. [2.529#] |
| Vocabulary | 113 Zoology: mammals |
| Scientific name |
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| Proverbs | 115 Proverbs containing that word |
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| Anagrams | fôsa, fosa, 116 safo, 117 Sofa |
| Updated on 2025/11/27 |
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