costum

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnsuētūdinem. Doublet of the borrowing consuetud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kusˈtum]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kosˈtum]
• Rhymes: -um

Noun

costum m (plural costums)

1. habit (something one does regularly)
2. custom; tradition

Synonyms

• habitud

Derived terms

• acostumar
• com de costum
• costumari
• costumisme
• de costum

 

References

• “costum” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Alternative forms

• costus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos).

Noun

costum n (genitive costī); second declension

1. An Oriental aromatic plant

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	costum	costa
genitive	costī	costōrum
dative	costō	costīs
accusative	costum	costa
ablative	costō	costīs
vocative	costum	costa

Descendants

• Italian: costo

References

• “costum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “costum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• costum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• costum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French costume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosˈtum/

• Audio:

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Noun

costum n (plural costume)

1. suit
2. outfit
3. costume

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	costum	costumul		costume	costumele
genitive-dative	costum	costumului		costume	costumelor
vocative	costumule			costumelor

Derived terms

• costum de baie