Os

See also: Appendix:Variations of "os"

Translingual

Symbol

Os

1. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for osmium.

English

Alternative forms

• O's (see usage notes)
• os, o's (lowercase)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Homophones: oes, ohs, o's, owes, -ose

Noun

Os

1. plural of O

   Synonym: oes

   Coordinate term: os

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that “after letters an apostrophe is obligatory.” The 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.15, “To aid comprehension, lowercase letters form the plural with an apostrophe and an s”. The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• SO, S/O, s.o., so, So, So., S&O, s/o, S.O.

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔs]

Noun

Os n (strong, genitive Os, plural Ossa)

1. (medicine) os, bone (bone)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oːs]

Noun

Os n (strong, genitive Os, plural Ora)

1. (medicine) os, an opening

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Swedish ås

Noun

Os m or n (strong, genitive Os, plural Oser)

1. ridge

Declension

Declension of Os [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Os	die	Oser
genitive	eines	des	Os	der	Oser
dative	einem	dem	Os	den	Osern
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Os	die	Oser

Etymology 4

Noun

Os

1. plural of O

Further reading

• “Os” in Duden online
• “Os” in Duden online
• “Os”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ɛs/

Noun

Os (plural Os-Os)

1. (healthcare) initialism of orang sakit (“patient”, literally “sick person”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Os

1. a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark; bordering onto Trøndelag
2. a former municipality of the former county of Hordaland; now merged into Bjørnafjorden in the county of Vestland, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Os

1. a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark; bordering onto Trøndelag
2. a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German âs, from Old Saxon ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsą (“food, carrion, prey, bait”).

Noun

Os n

1. carrion, offal

Derived terms

• Osfräta
• Oshaka
• osich
• Osodla