tosca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtos.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtos.ka]

From tosc +‎ -a.

tosca f (plural tosques)

1. deposit, incrustation, scale

   Synonym: incrustació

2. (dentistry) tartar
3. pumice

   Synonyms: pedra tosca, pumicita

4. (botany) cork (bark of the cork tree)

• toscar
• toscós
• tosquejar

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosc

• “tosca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska̝/

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. soft stone

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tosca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tosca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tosca f pl

1. plural of toisc

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos.ka/
• Rhymes: -oska
• Hyphenation: tó‧sca

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔs.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔska
• Hyphenation: tò‧sca

tosca f sg

1. feminine singular of tosco

• Costa, Tasco, casto, costa, costà, scato-, scota

• toxa

According to Kroonen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *tuską. The further etymology of the term is uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʃ.ʃɑ/

tosċa m

1. toad
2. frog

Weak:

• tysċa

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tosca”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Johnson, Mary Lynch (1927), “tosca”, in A modern English - Old English Dictionary (Thesis), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

Derived from the adjective tosco (“crude, coarse, rough”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoska/ [ˈt̪os.ka]
• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: tos‧ca

tosca f (plural toscas)

1. (geology) tuff
2. (dental hygiene) tartar

   Synonym: sarro

tosca

1. feminine singular of tosco

• “tosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Clipping of toscasmet (literally “tosca batter”), from toscakaka (literally “tosca cake”), which has this glazing, in turn likely named after Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca. First attested in 1995^[1].

tosca c

1. (cooking) A glaze of almonds, cream, butter and sugar.
   • 2022 August 21, Nina Kindbro, “Knäckig äppelpaj med vaniljsås”, in Aftonbladet Godare‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 September 2025:

     Knäckig äppelpaj – täck syrligt söta äpplen med en knäckigt täcke med smak av tosca. Servera gärna med rårörd vaniljsås eller en fin vaniljglass.

     Crispy apple pie – cover tart-sweet apples with a crunchy toffee-almond topping. Serve with freshly stirred vanilla sauce or a good vanilla ice cream.

• toscabulle
• toscapaj
• toscapäron

• tosca in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)