gosh

See also: GOSH

English

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gosh

Etymology

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːʃ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Interjection

gosh

(minced oath, euphemistic) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow

Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!

Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

Derived terms

Translations

mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm

Armenian: Աստվա՜ծ իմ (Astva^!c im)
Catalan: ostres (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 唉 (zh) (āi), 啊呀 (zh) (āyā)
Dutch: gossie (nl)
Esperanto: ĉielo (eo)
Finnish: jukra (fi), jumpe (fi), juku (fi), samperi (fi), peijakas (fi)
French: bon sang (fr)
Galician: carai, carafio, diola
German: meine Güte, Mensch (de), Mann (de)
Greek: αμάν (el) (amán)
Hiligaynon: abá
Italian: perbacco (it), accidenti (it), diamine, accipicchia (it)
Macedonian: ле́ле (mk) (léle), (О) Бо́же (Bóže)!
Maori: aeha, ēhe, ai, wī, āwaiā
Norwegian: jøss, jøsses, jøssenam
Polish: kurczę (pl), o matko, jeju, jejku (pl), jej (pl), o ja cię, a to ci dopiero
Portuguese: meu Deus (pt), nossa (pt)!, poxa (pt), puxa (pt), caramba! (pt) f, com a breca!
Russian: (О) Бо́же (ru) (Bóže)!
Spanish: Dios mío, caramba (es), cáspita, jolines (es), joroba (es), caracoles (es), pardiez
Swedish: jisses (sv), jösses (sv)
Turkish: Allah Allah, anne (tr) (childish), aneyy (colloquial,, dialectal)

See also

damn

Anagrams

GOHs, GSOH, GoHs, Gohs, gsoh, hogs, shog

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