Noun: sosia
Gender: mf
Hyphenation: sò‧sia
| Singular m | sosia |
| Singular f | sosia |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sosia
scenza,
baciapile,
deficente,
deficenza,
single,
sherpa,
sciupafamiglie,
accattamori,
accattapane,
detective,
fuorilegge,
poco di buono,
tamanishiki,
gliptogenesi,
yoghin,
fare le bizze,
annisconnere,
mettimale,
mettiloro,
scassapalle, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Amphitruo, a comedy by the Roman playwright Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), in which doubling is the major theme: both the title character and his slave, Sosia, are doubled by the gods Jupiter and Mercury, in order to enable Jupiter to make love to Amphitruo's wife.
Verbs referencing "sosia"
French Nouns
sosie, Portuguese Nouns
sósia.
Translations