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Complete Definition of "os"

see|Os|OS
English

Etymology 1
From Latin os [neuter; genitive: ossis] (bone).

Noun
en-noun|ossa

  1. context|rare|medicine bone|Bone.

Usage notes
Only used by doctors and surgeons when practising. Not used by medical laymen.

Translations
German: Os#German|Os

Etymology 2
From Latin os [neuter; genitive: oris] (mouth).

Noun
en-noun|ora

  1. rare A mouth; an opening.
  2. In particular, either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:English two-letter words

Aragonese

Etymology
From L.|an term|illos|lang=la

Article
infl|an|article|gm|g2p

  1. the

#:Os lugars d'Aragón = "The villages of Aragon"

Usage notes
The form los, either pronounced as los or as ros, can be found after words ending with an -o.
Some dialects use the form els, often shortened to es.

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|f

  1. axis

Danish

Pronoun
os

  1. us

Noun
os

  1. thick smoke

Category:Danish nouns
Category:Danish pronouns

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�s/

Noun
os 'm' (plural: ossen)

  1. ox (a castrated bull)

Category:Dutch nouns

French

Etymology
Compare Catalan os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu, Spanish hueso

Pronunciation
IPA|/�s/ (singular)
IPA|/o/ (plural)
audio|Fr-Os-fr-Paris.ogg|Audio (FR)

Homophones
(plural) eau, eaux

Noun
fr-noun|m|-

  1. bone
  2. bones

Derived terms
osseux
ossifier
ossu

Irish

Noun
os m

  1. deer

Preposition
os

  1. over

Category:Irish prepositions

Istro-Romanian

Etymology
L.|ruo term|os|lang=la.

Noun
infl|ruo|noun|g=n|plural|ose|definite singular|osu|definite plural|osele

  1. bone

Latin

Etymology 1
From PIE.|la *H�oH�s- "mouth"

Noun
la-noun|�s|oris|�ris|n|third

  1. mouth
  2. face, appearance, head
  3. poetic|lang=la speech
  4. opening, entrance
  5. inflection of|os#Latin|�s|acc|s
  6. inflection of|os#Latin|�s|voc|s

Inflection
ladecl3n
{| class="prettytable"
!style="background:#white;"|
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| singular
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| plural
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| nominative case|nominative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|�s
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ora#Latin|�ra
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| genitive case|genitive
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|oris#Latin|�ris
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"|
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| dative case|dative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ori#Latin|�rī
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|oribus#Latin|�ribus
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| accusative case|accusative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|�s
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ora#Latin|�ra
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| ablative case|ablative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ore#Latin|�re
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|oribus#Latin|�ribus
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| vocative case|vocative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|�s
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ora#Latin|�ra
|}

Etymology 2
From PIE.|la *H�ost- "bone"

Alternative spellings
ossu#Latin|ossu
ossua#Latin|ossua

Noun
la-noun|os|ossis|ossis|n|third

  1. bone
  2. heartwood
  3. framework of discourse
  4. inflection of|os#Latin|os|acc|s
  5. inflection of|os#Latin|os|voc|s

Inflection
ladecl3n
{| class="prettytable"
!style="background:#white;"|
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| singular
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| plural
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| nominative case|nominative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|os
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossa#Latin|ossa
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| genitive case|genitive
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossis#Latin|ossis
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossium#Latin|ossium
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| dative case|dative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossi#Latin|ossī
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossibus#Latin|ossibus
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| accusative case|accusative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|os
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossa#Latin|ossa
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| ablative case|ablative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|osse#Latin|osse
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossibus#Latin|ossibus
|-
!style="background:#C0C0C0;"| vocative case|vocative
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|os|�s
|style="background:#F5F5F5;"| Notred|ossa#Latin|ossa
|}

Category:Latin noun forms

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *term||ansuz. Cognate with Old Norse term|óss.

Pronunciation
IPA|/o�s/

Noun
Latinx|�s m (genitive plural Latinx|esa|�sa)

  1. god
  2. the runic character � (/o/ or /o:/)

Category:Old English nouns

Portuguese

Etymology
From L.|pt term|lang=la|illi.

Article
os m, pl

  1. the

#: Lá vêm os carros - Here come the cars

<table border="1">
<tr><th></th><th>masculine</th><th>feminine</th></tr>
<tr><th>singular</th><td>o</td><td>a</td></tr>
<tr><th>plural</th><td>os</td><td>as</td></tr>
</table>

Pronoun
os m, pl

  1. 3rd person them (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhes; after prepositions, see eles).

#:Encontrei-os na rua. = "I met them at the street."

Usage notes
Becomes -los after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.
:After ver: Posso vê-los? = "May I see them?"
:After por|pôs: Quero pô-los ali. = "I want to put them there."
:After fazer|fiz: Fi-los ficar contente. = "I made them become happy."
:After nos: Deu-no-los relutantemente. = "He gave them to us reluctantly."
:After eis: Ei-los! = "Behold them!"
Becomes -nos after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [��w�], -õe [õj�], -em, -êm [ẽj�].
:Detêm-nos como prisioneiros. = "They detain them as a prisoners."
In Brasil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form eles.
:Eu os vi. � Eu vi eles. = "I saw them."

Romanian

Etymology
L.|ro term|os|langla. Compare Catalan term|langca|os, French term|os|langfr, Interlingua osso, Italian term|langit|osso, Portuguese term|langpt|osso, Sardinian ossu, Spanish term|langes|hueso''

Pronunciation
IPA|[os]|lang=ro

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|ploase

  1. anatomy|lang=ro bone

Declension
ro-noun-n|pl=oase

Spanish

Etymology
L.|es vos.

Pronunciation
IPA|/os/

Pronoun
os

  1. you, to you, for you; Dative and accusative of vos and vosotros.

See also
Spanish pronoun

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-os.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-unc-irreg-c|2osen|3os

  1. smell, especially a strong smell originating from cooking.

See also
osa

de:os
et:os
el:os
es:os
fr:os
gl:os
ko:os
io:os
id:os
it:os
ky:os
sw:os
la:os
hu:os
nl:os
ja:os
no:os
pl:os
pt:os
ru:os
sl:os
fi:os
vi:os
tr:os
vo:os
zh:os

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