coast
English
/koʊst/, /kəʊst/
noun
Definitions
- The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
- (obsolete) The side or edge of something.
- (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
- (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coste derived from Old French coste (rib, side, coast) derived from Latin costa (rib, side, edge, wall).
Origin
Latin
costa
Gloss
rib, side, edge, wall
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
端, 縁
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Acadia English
- Acadian English
- Acadian Coast English
- Coastie English
- bicoastal English
- bound English
- coast guard English
- coastal English
- coastally English
- coastbound English
- coaster English
- coasterware English
- coastguard English
- coastguarding English
- coastguardman English
- coastguardsman English
- coastland English
- coastlander English
- coastless English
- coastline English
- coastlined English
- coastward English
- coastwards English
- coastwatcher English
- coastwatching English
- coastwide English
- coastwise English
- costa English
- costamere English
- costard English
- discoast English
- down English
- downcoast English
- guard English
- guarding English
- hypercoaster English
- intercoastal English
- land English
- line English
- megacoaster English
- midcoast English
- midcoastal English
- noncoastal English
- palaeocoast English
- palaeocoastal English
- sea English
- seacoast English
- subcoastal English
- surf English
- surfcoast English
- tricoastal English
- up English
- upcoast English
- watcher English
- watching English
- albicostus Latin
- costa Latin
- costula Latin
- cōnstō Latin
- flavicostus Latin
- fuscicostus Latin
- nigricostus Latin
- pallidicostus Latin
- rubricostus Latin
- Elfenbeinküste German
- Küste German
- Küstenbereich German
- Küstengewässer German
- Küstennebel German
- Küstenregion German
- Küstenwache German
- Meeresküste German
- Ostküste German
- Südostküste German
- küstennah German
- Costa Italian
- accostare Italian
- costa Italian
- Goudkust Dutch, Flemish
- Ivoorkust Dutch, Flemish
- kust Dutch, Flemish
- kustgebergte Dutch, Flemish
- kustgebied Dutch, Flemish
- kustlijn Dutch, Flemish
- kustlinie Dutch, Flemish
- kustplaats Dutch, Flemish
- kustverdediging Dutch, Flemish
- kustwacht Dutch, Flemish
- kustwater Dutch, Flemish
- oostkust Dutch, Flemish
- westkust Dutch, Flemish
- zeekust Dutch, Flemish
- zuidkust Dutch, Flemish
- Côté French
- accoster French
- Cuesta Spanish, Castilian
- cuesta Spanish, Castilian
- *kost- Proto-Indo-European
- kyst Norwegian Bokmål
- costa Portuguese
- da Costa Portuguese
- コースター Japanese
- kyst Norwegian Nynorsk
- coste Middle English
- see-cost Middle English
- cósta Irish
- coste Old French
- Costa Catalan, Valencian
- costa Catalan, Valencian
- Dacosta Galician
- costeiro Galician
- costela Galician
- coastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cost Middle Dutch
- kus Afrikaans
- côte Norman
- kost Middle High German
- coste Middle French
- costelette Middle French
- costé Middle French
- costa Old Portuguese
- costas Old Portuguese
- kost Middle Low German
- coastã Aromanian
- Costa Occitan
- còsta Occitan
- kustilja Maltese
- costa Asturian
- costiella Asturian
- cueste Friulian
- coste xno
- cuasta Dalmatian
- up
- sea
- down
- surf
- land
- line
- bound
- guard
- costa
- Acadia
- coastal
- Acadian
- Coastie
- costard
- upcoast
- coaster
- watcher
- guarding
- midcoast
- seacoast
- discoast
- watching
- coastward
- coastline
- coastland
- coastwide
- bicoastal
- coastwise
- coastless
- costamere
- surfcoast
- downcoast
- coastally
- coastwards
- midcoastal
- coastbound
- tricoastal
- noncoastal
- coastlined
- subcoastal
- coastguard
- coast guard
- palaeocoast
- megacoaster
- coasterware
- coastlander
- intercoastal
- hypercoaster
- coastwatcher
- Acadian Coast
- palaeocoastal
- coastguarding
- coastguardman
- coastwatching
- coastguardsman