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cosmo

cosmo noun: a cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.

cosmo: a cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice
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Noun

cosmo (plural cosmos)

  1. (informal) A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.
    • But if you’re looking to scream your head off with ten best friends and don’t want to hear boo about how you’re making too much noise, there’s no better place to get stupid than the Angie Dickinson room at Mary’s[…] With a cyclorama of Angie to spur you up and on, it’s bring on the Cosmos and pass...1997 April 14, “The Best of New York”, in New York, page 51
    • There’s an incredible Tangerine Cosmo made in West Stockbridge, where the bartender, Jeremy Kenny, was inspired by the feminist symbolism on Passover.2018, Natalka Burian, quoting Lenora Lapidus, A Woman’s Drink, page 141

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Cosmo

Cosmo

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cosmo

Cosmo

  1. (slang) Cosmopolitan, an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.
  2. Cosmopolitan, a cocktail.

cosmo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cosmo in Hindi

कॉस्मो, कॉसमो, कोस्मो

cosmo in Tamil

காஸ்மோ, கொஸ்மோ, கோஸ்மோ

cosmo in Marathi

कॉस्मो, कोस्मो, कॉसमो

cosmo in Urdu

کوسمو
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cosmo in Bengali
কোসমো
cosmo in Telugu
కాస్మో, కోస్మో
cosmo in Malayalam
കോസ്മോ, കൊസ്മോ
cosmo in Kannada
ಕಾಸ್ಮೋ, ಕಾಸ್ಮೊ, ಕೋಸ್ಮೋ
cosmo in Punjabi
ਕਾਸਮੋ, ਕੌਸਮੋ, ਕੋਸਮੋ
cosmo in Gujarati
કોસ્મો, કોસમો, કૉસ્મો
cosmo in Odia
କୋସ୍ମୋ, କାସ୍ମୋ, କସ୍ମୋ
cosmo in Nepali
कोस्मो, कास्मो

Forms of cosmo

pluralcosmos

Origin of cosmo

Clipping.

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).

Clipping of Cosmopolitan.

Words formed from cosmo

Questions about cosmo

What does cosmo mean?
Cosmo means a cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.
What is cosmo in Hindi?
Cosmo in Hindi is कॉस्मो, कॉसमो, कोस्मो. See Cosmo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cosmo?
Cosmo can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cosmo?
The plural of cosmo is cosmos.

Words near cosmo in the dictionary

  1. cosmine
  2. Cosminele
  3. cosmism
  4. cosmist
  5. cosmists
  6. cosmo
  7. cosmo-
  8. cosmobiological
  9. cosmobiologist
  10. cosmobiologists
  11. cosmobiology

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cosmo (page history and authors); Cosmo (page history and authors); cosmo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cosmo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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