gosh

See also: GOSH

English

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

1. (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

• by guess or by gosh
• for gosh sake
• freaking gosh
• golly gosh
• gosh all hemlock
• gosh-awful
• gosh darn
• gosh darned
• gosh knows
• my gosh
• oh my gosh

 

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